Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 2 (ANI): Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain celebrated her twenty ninth birthday in memorable trend as she defeated China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0 within the girls’s 75kg remaining to win the gold medal on the Asian Games 2026 on Friday.
Lovlina produced a composed efficiency within the gold-medal bout, utilizing her counter-punching successfully in opposition to an aggressive Bao to safe a unanimous victory, in keeping with ESPN.
The Chinese boxer began the competition on the entrance foot and threw a flurry of punches within the opening spherical, however Lovlina remained affected person and responded with efficient counters. She edged the spherical 3-2.
Bao continued to press within the second spherical, however Lovlina grew in confidence and landed the cleaner punches. She took the spherical 4-1 to determine a 2-0 lead on the judges’ scorecards.
With the gold inside attain, Lovlina maintained her technique within the third spherical, permitting Bao to return ahead whereas avoiding heavy harm and discovering alternatives to counter.
The Indian was awarded the spherical unanimously to finish a 5-0 victory and declare the Asian Games title.
The gold caps a memorable run for Lovlina, who had earlier defeated Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova 3-2 in a cut up resolution within the semifinal. That victory made her the primary Indian lady boxer to achieve consecutive Asian Games finals.
Lovlina, born on October 2, 1997, in Assam’s Golaghat district, had gained silver within the girls’s 75kg class on the Hangzhou Asian Games. She additionally gained a bronze medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and have become world champion within the 75kg class in 2023.
The Indian boxer had additionally gained gold on the 2022 Asian Championships and silver on the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Her Asian Games triumph provides one other main title to a profession that has already earned her the Arjuna Award in 2020 and the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
The victory additionally provides to India’s medal tally on the Aichi-Nagoya Games, with the nation having 70 medals — 12 gold, 24 silver and 34 bronze. (ANI)