Asian Games, Oct. 2 -- Indian boxing icon Lovlina Borgohain wins gold on 29th birthday, beats Chinese opponent in final

Borgohain defeated event favourite Ziyi Bao of China by unanimous decision to clinch the gold medal and add another major title to her decorated career.

She became the first Indian woman boxer since Mary Kom to win an Asian Games gold medal since 2014.

She had settled for a bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games in the previous edition.

On her way to the final, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist registered a dominant 5-0 unanimous decision victory over South Korea's Seong Suyeon in the quarterfinals. She then edged past reigning world champion Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan 3-2 via split decision in a closely cont...