Assam Govt announces Rs 50 lakh reward for World Boxing Championship Gold medalist Lovlina Borgohain
First Published: 29th March, 2023 17:25 IST
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Assam Legislative Assembly today
The Assam Government today announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for Ace boxer from the state Lovlina Borgohain who has won her first World Championships gold medal in the 75 kg category final at IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi on March 26.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Assam Legislative Assembly today.
It may be mentioned here that, Lovlina won the gold medal defeating Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Caitlin Parker of Australia by a 5-2 verdict in the 75 kg category final at the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
A former Muay Thai practitioner, Lovlina hails from Assam’s Golaghat district. She is the first female athlete and the second boxer from Assam to represent the state in the Olympics. In 2020, she became the sixth person from Assam to receive Arjuna Award.
She also won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women’s welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics.
Lovlina got interested in boxing after seeing her twin sisters, Licha and Lima take up kickboxing and followed the same trail.
The Sports Authority of India held trials at her high school Barpathar Girls High School, where Borgohain participated.
She was noticed and selected by renowned Coach Padum Chandra Bodo at the SAI STC Guwahati in 2012 to learn the basics of boxing and to achieve excellence in boxing. She was later coached by Sandhya Gurung.
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