Golaghat (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): Assam Cabinet Minister Atul Bora on Sunday congratulated Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain for profitable a silver medal on the Commonwealth Games 2026, saying her dedication and achievements have made her an inspiration for aspiring athletes throughout the state.
Lovlina settled for silver within the girls’s 75kg boxing occasion on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after taking place 4-1 by cut up resolution to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree in a intently contested closing on Saturday.
Congratulating the boxer on her achievement, Bora praised her dedication and contribution to each Assam and the nation.
‘Heartiest congratulations to Lovlina Borgohain for profitable the silver medal on the Commonwealth Games. We really feel pleased with her dedication, dedication, and contribution to the state and the nation. After this achievement, she has change into an inspiration for younger athletes of Assam,’ Bora informed ANI.
The gold-medal bout remained a tactical affair all through, with each boxers patiently ready for alternatives to assault. Greentree elevated the tempo within the closing phases, however Lovlina responded properly by evading the Australian’s advances and touchdown a number of clear punches of her personal.
At the ultimate bell, each fighters raised their fingers, satisfied that they had finished sufficient to win. However, after a tense wait, the judges awarded the competition to Greentree by a 4-1 cut up resolution, leaving the Indian boxer with the silver medal.
The outcome prolonged Lovlina’s look forward to a maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal but in addition earned her the primary CWG medal of her profession. The Assam boxer had beforehand suffered a quarterfinal exit at Gold Coast 2018 earlier than bowing out within the opening spherical at Birmingham 2022.
The 28-year-old booked her place within the closing after receiving a direct semifinal berth after which producing a dominant 5-0 victory over Tuvalu’s Tarona Taafaki, guaranteeing herself a podium end.
Lovlina stays considered one of India’s most achieved boxers. She gained a historic bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics to change into solely the third Indian boxer to assert an Olympic podium end. A former world champion and Arjuna Award recipient, she additionally clinched gold on the Elite Women’s Boxing Tournament in Hyderabad in 2025. Away from the ring, she serves as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) with the Assam Government.
India concluded the boxing competitors in Glasgow with its finest-ever Commonwealth Games marketing campaign, profitable a file 10 medals comprising seven gold and three silver.
The gold medals got here via Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg), whereas the silver medals have been secured by Jadumani Singh (55kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) and Narender Berwal (+90kg).
The tally surpassed India’s earlier finest boxing performances on the Commonwealth Games, the place the nation had gained three gold medals every at Delhi 2010, Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022, highlighting the nation’s rising dominance within the sport on the Commonwealth stage. (ANI)