Lovelina won gold medal in 75 kg category
New Delhi: India has bagged its fourth gold in the ongoing Women’s World Boxing Championship here. Of course, with two on Saturday and two today on Sunday, India has won a total of four gold medals.
In the World Boxing Championship, Indian boxers have seen a strong performance on Sunday as well. Olympic medalist Lovelyna Borgohen defeated Caitlin Parker 5-2 in a split decision to win gold at the women’s boxing world championships at 75kg.
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TOKYO OLYMPIC MEDALIST LOVLINA BORGOHAIN beat Caitlin Parker of Australia in the 🥊#WorldChampionships #WWCHDelhi #Boxing #WBC2023 #WBC @LovlinaBorgohai pic.twitter.com/32kH07JIf2
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) March 26, 2023
Lovelina won in the first round, but in the second round, the Australian made a strong comeback and won this round. With this, India has won four gold medals in the World Boxing Championship 2023. Lovelina won the gold by defeating Australian boxer Parker five-two. Neetu and Sweety on Saturday and now Nikhat Zareen and Lovelyna Borgohen on Sunday have given India gold in the finals. This is India’s fourth gold medal in the Boxing World Championship. Before that, Nikhat Zareen, Neetu, Sweety Boora gave gold medals to India. While Neetu and Sweety won medals on Saturday, Nikhat struck a golden punch on Sunday. Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen and Lovelyna Borgohen won gold in the finals of the Boxing World Championship on Sunday. With this, 42 golds have been won by India in the history of World Boxing Championship. After winning India’s fourth gold, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated him
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Indian boxers Lovlina Borgohain and Nikhat Zareen for winning the Gold medal at World Boxing Championships. pic.twitter.com/Z643zTiiKf
— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2023