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Indian boxer (born 1997)
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer. She initially competed in the welterweight class before moving up to middleweight. She won the bronze medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2020 Olympic Games, thereby becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She has won a gold medal and two bronze medals in the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She also won a gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, silver medals at the 2022 Asian Games and the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and bronze medals at the 2018 and the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
More on Wikipedia ↗Parveen Hooda completed a remarkable comeback by clinching the women's 65kg boxing gold at the Asian Games, beating Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-Chen 3-2 in a split decision in a closely fought final.
Parveen secured the gold medal by 3-2 via split decision, making it the second gold for the nation in boxing after Olympic medalist Lovlina Borgohains womens 75 kg gold. After having lost her 2022 Asian Games bronze due to a doping whereabouts failure, this win over a former world champion for a gold marks a massive…
Asian Games boxing results: Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal clinch stunning gold medals in Nagoya, marking India's best-ever continental campaign with six medals overall in a historic finish to the tournament.