Lovlina Borgohain wins Gold medal in Women's IBA World Boxing Championships 2023.

26 Mar, 23
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Lovlina Borgohain wins Gold medal in Women's IBA World Boxing Championships 2023.

Lovlina Borgohain wins maiden World Boxing Championships Gold medal in the 75 kg category final on March 26, New Delhi.

She beat Australia's, a two time Commonwealth Games Champion Caitlin Parker with a split 5-2 decision win.

The Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist said she is thankful to each and everyone who supported her in her journey and contributed to her winning of the gold medal.

She said, she is very happy but the journey has just started and she hopefully continues to perform and bring more accolades for the country in the future.

This is Lovlina's 4th gold medal at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2023.

Earlier on Sunday, Nikhat Zareen registered a 5-0 win in the final bout of 50kg category against Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Tam. This is Nikhat's second World Championships Gold medal. While on Saturday, Nitu Ghanghas (48 kg) and Saweety Boora (81 kg) had also won Gold medals in their respective categories.

Lovlina after crashing out in the quarter -final stage at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, last year won her maiden gold medal at the world event. She has also changed her weight category from her preferred welterweight of 69 kg to middleweight of 75kg after the previous weight divison was dropped from the Olympic program.

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