After winning the gold medal, Lovlina spoke to NDTV in an exclusive interview. Here are the excerpts:
Indian boxers delivered a sensational hat-trick of gold medals at the Asian Games with Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg) coming up with contrasting but stirring performances against more fancied opponents in their respective finals on Friday.
Lovlina Borgohain wanted to gift herself a historic gold medal on her 29th birthday when she took the ring for her bout against China's Bao Ziyi.
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