Redemption for B'day girl Lovlina
New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Never before has India won three boxing gold medals in one Asian Games or topped the medal tally. On Friday, in the space of a few hours, three boxers at varying stages of their career corrected these historical anomalies as India ended their boxing campaign with six medals-three gold and three bronze.
Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg) punched their way to glory as India finished ahead of powerhouse Uzbekistan (7 medals; 2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze) and Kazakhstan (4 medals; 2-0-2). These are their stories:
Watching Lovlina compete can be an exercise in exasperation. Blessed with reach but lacking resolve-that's what boxing insiders whisper. After a quiet two years following her fin...
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