Asian Games: Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain Celebrates Gold Medal Win On Her Birthday

Father borrowed ₹60,000 for her bow, daughter returned with Asian games gold

Farmer Vijay Sharma borrowed ₹60,000 for daughter Kirti’s archery bow; she later won Asian Games 2026 women’s recurve team gold for India in Japan.

Asian Games: Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain Celebrates Gold Medal Win On Her Birthday

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain reflected on her long journey after winning gold in the women's 75kg category at the Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya. Calling the medal special, Lovlina said it symbolised her mental strength and comeback. She later celebrated her birthday with fellow athletes and Boxing Federation of India officials.

Once deemed too skinny to lift a bow, Kirti helps Indian archers topple a colossus at Asian Games

The 19-year-old Kirti converted the second chance she got into a history-making recurve archery gold medal at the Asian Games on Friday.

Lovlina Borgohain And Archery Team Secure Gold At Asian Games

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge extended congratulations to Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain for her gold medal win in the Women's 75kg Boxing event at the Asian Games. Borgohain's victory, achieved on her 29th birthday, marked an end to India's 12-year wait for a women's boxing gold at the continental event. Kharge also lauded the Indian women's recurve archery team for their gold medal triumph.

President Murmu Hails Recurve Archers, Boxer Lovlina for Historic Asian Games Medals

Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. To start off the day, India produced a stunning upset in women's recurve archery as Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma defeated South Korea 5-3 in the gold medal match on Friday to claim the country's first-ever medal in the discipline at the continental showpiece. In mixed archery, Kumkum and Dhiraj Bommadevara settled for silver in the mixed recurve archery team event after losin…