2025: Her Year – How Paris Olympics setback is fuelling boxer Preeti Pawar | Sport-others News
Sree Charani’s ice-cool control. Sheetal Devi’s relentless grit. Chess queen Divya Deshmukh unleashing gambits. In 2025, India’s young sportswomen didn’t just compete — they conquered. From Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma ushering in a new era in badminton to the rise of another ‘Phogat’ — Suruchi — this time on the shooting range, Ankita Bhagat rattling South Korea’s archery dynasty, Preeti Pawar’s clinical power in the ring, or Antim Panghal reminding she still owns the mat. Express Sports dives deep into ‘Gen She’ – the trailblazers who kept the Tricolour flying high. The brightest days could not slay the memories of boxer Preeti Pawar’s darkest evenings. She can’t take the eyes of the gold medal she won in the Delhi World Cup, shocking big names. The naib subedar’s uniform, after she became the first sportsperson to be directly inducted into the Indian Army as a junior commissioned officer, brims her heart with pride. At her home in Bhiwani, father Somvir Sai Pawar, an ASI in Haryana Police, is eagerly awaiting her return to salute her …







