Glasgow, Scotland: Lovlina Borgohain, a former world champion is assured a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as needs to just win one match to get
into the gold medal round, where a silver medal is assured. Even if she were to be beaten in the semis she is assured of a bronze, as both semi-finalists are awarded medals.
Lovlina leads a contingent of 14 Indian boxers at CWG 2026. The 28 year old Assamese boxer, an Arjuna Awardee, has previously delivered a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo - she became the third Indian to win a medal at the Olympics. She also won a gold medal at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
She will be the first Indian athlete this year to secure a medal.
Lovlina was assured of a medal without having fought a single round due to the limited number of boxers qualified in her category attending the games. She along with Australia's Emma-Sue Greentree and Tuvalu's Tarona Taafaki received a bye into the semi-finals as only five competitors are set to take part in the women's 75 KG weight category.
England's Mary Kate Smith will compete against Nigeria's Patricia Mbata to complete the semi-final line up.
Other Indians who have a good chance of landing medals include Kapil Pokhariya (men's 90kg), Narender Berwal (men's +90kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women's 57kg), Priya Ghanghas (women's 60kg), Parveen Hooda (women's 65kg) and Arundhati Choudhary (women's 70kg).
They will all start their journey from the quarter finals and can be sure of a medal if they were to win their opening round.
Indian boxing team at Commonwealth Games 2026
Women: Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg)
Men: Jadumani Singh (55kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Aditya Pratap Singh (65kg), Sumit Kundu (70kg), Ankush (80kg), Kapil Pokhariya (90kg), Narender Berwal (+90kg)
