Sarbananda Sonowal Invites Lovlina Borgohain to Official Residence

NEW DELHI: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH for the Government of India met with star boxer Lovlina Borgohain at his official residence in New Delhi on Sunday.

Sarbananda Sonowal, who is also the former chief minister for the state of Assam, extended his warm greetings to the boxing world champion during her visit to his official residence. She had earlier bagged the gold in the International Boxing Associations Women’s World Boxing Championship for the 75 kg weight category. The sporting event was conducted in New Delhi and India managed to get gold in four categories.

Sarbananda Sonowal invited the star boxer over to his official residence after the sporting event. He greeted her with a traditional Assamese Plulam Gamusa, a letter of appreciation and a memento which was followed by a lavish Assamese lunch.

Sarbananda Sonowal mentioned, "With her fearless performance, the champion boxer has brought glory, honour & happiness to the people of Assam along with the rest of India. I wish her all the very best for all her future endeavours."

He also tweeted, “Delighted to felicitate ace boxer Lovlina Borgohain at my official residence in New Delhi. Olympic medalist and now World Championship, what a journey she is having. Wished her the best for the future.”

Lovlina Borgohain also expressed her happiness regarding her win in the tournament. She also mentioned that it was a great moment for India as four golds were won.

India capped off an outstanding campaign by finishing with the highest gold medals (four) at the IBA Womens World Boxing Championship after the nation's illustrious pugilists Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain recorded stellar victories by contrasting margins in the finals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Sunday. The reigning World champion Nikhat (50kg) defeated Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam to win gold for a second consecutive year at the tournament while the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina (75kg) claimed her maiden Worlds gold with a 5-2 win on points after the bout was reviewed against Caitlin Parker of Australia. 2022 Commonwealth Games medallist Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and three-time Asian medallist Saweety Boora (81kg) were the other gold medallists for the hosts.

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