‘Wanted to quit boxing’: Lovlina fights through tough year to script historic gold

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain captured the Asian Games gold medal in the women's 75kg category on her 29th birthday. She defeated China's Ziyi Bao by a unanimous 5-0 decision in Japan, ending India's 12-year wait for a women's Asian Games boxing champion. Borgohain became only the second Indian woman to achieve continental boxing gold after MC Mary Kom in 2014.

The victory capped a difficult turnaround for Borgohain, who revealed she had contemplated quitting boxing after leaving the Paris Olympics without a medal. Following a year-long break and a disappointing silver medal at the Commonwealth Games, she rebounded to secure gold by winning every round on the judges' scorecards in the final.