“When many world class players emerge in the same weight category, the level in that class becomes very high and I am glad that many players including Sweety of Haryana are coming out in 75 kg weight category,” says Olympic medalist Lovlina Borgohain, who won the gold in the boxing event of the 36th National Games here today. In the finals, Lovlina defeated Sweety of Haryana, a former silver medallist of the World Championship.
This is big relief for Lovlina and Sweety that both will participate in the forthcoming Asian Championships where Sweety is placed in the higher weight category compared to Lovlina. Lovlina said that Sweety was good against her in the first two rounds of the final. She was happy with her performance.
She made precise punches that hit the target. She said that if there was no competition at the national level, there was not much point in winning gold there. It was more important to win in an intense tussle bout at the national level. This was more important than gold medal. It means that preparation was going on at the right track. This attitude would definitely help at the world level.
In response to a question of how much responsibility comes with being a role model for a larger community after winning a medal at the olympics, she said that whenever any boxer approaches her, she helps them. She sincerely wishes that many boxers should hoist the flag of the country at the world level. Lovlina said that in this game, there is no room for short cuts. Hard work is sure to bring good results. Never give-up attitude is also important. If she could win a medal in olympics, so other boxers can also do this for the country. Never be disappointed with failures. She too was not disappointed at not winning a medal at the CWG. Rather, she got to learn a lot from this failure. She said that she wanted to make her weaknesses a strengths because it was a big part of success.