On her 29th birthday, the Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain brought India’s first gold medal in the boxing event at the Asian Games 2026. In the Final on Friday (2 October), she faced the Chinese boxer Bao Ziyi where the Indian boxer won by 5-0.
In the Final, Lovlina was powerful against the Chinese opponent in the women’s 75kg boxing event. Despite the Chinese boxer having a few upperhand from the judges' scores, the entire overall scores from the judges only supported the birthday boxer.
Earlier, Lovlina confirmed one of the top two boxing medals for India by beating the Kazakhstan boxer Natalya Bogdanova in a competitive Semifinal battle (3-2). The Indian boxer started her journey at the Asian Games 2026 from the quarterfinal, where she thrashed South Korean Suyeon Seong (5-0).
Women’s 75kg: Lovlina Borgohain's performances at Asian Games 2026
Quarterfinal: vs Suyeon Seong (South Korea) — Won by 5-0
Semifinal: vs Natalya Bogdanova (Kazakhstan) — Won by 3-2
Final: vs Bao Ziyi (China) — Won by 5-0
Who is Lovlina Borgohain?
It was the first Asian Games gold medal for Lovlina Borgohain. In the 2022 edition, she won a silver medal in the same middleweight division. In the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's welterweight (64-69kg). She also has one gold medal each in the World Boxing Championships and the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. In the Commonwealth Games 2026, she won her first CWG medal by securing a silver medal in the women’s 75kg event.
She was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2020, the Khel Ratna and Assam Saurabh in 2021.