Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:47am on 02 Oct 2026,Friday Sports
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain celebrated her 29th birthday with a historic gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya. Competing in the women’s 75kg category, Lovlina defeated China’s Ziyi Bao by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the final. She controlled the bout after a closely contested opening round and maintained her composure to secure victory. The triumph made Lovlina only the second Indian woman boxer after MC Mary Kom to win Asian Games gold. It also upgraded her silver medal from the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
