Tokyo Olympics: Social media showers Lovlina Borgohain with love after boxer secures medal | Other Sports News

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Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal on the Tokyo Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals on Friday (July 30). The 23-year-old Assam boxer prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four the place she’s going to sq. off towards reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey, who hammered Ukraine’s Anna Lysenko in her quarterfinal bout.

Borgohain, a two-time world championship bronze-medallist, displayed large calm within the face of a plucky opponent, who had overwhelmed her previously. She was aggressive to begin with, adopted it up with an amazing counter-attacking sport and saved her defence tight within the closing three minutes to emerge triumphant.

“She caught to the plan of counter-attacking and benefiting from her top. She had tried being aggressive with this lady within the earlier bout and misplaced. So this time, we informed her ‘aap khade raho, usko aane do’,” nationwide coach Mohammed Ali Qamar informed information company PTI.

“And what a cool mind she displayed, never got excited. Never tried to barge in. She executed the plan to perfection. Had she tried to go on offensive, she would have ended up getting hit,” he mentioned.

Here are among the reactions on social media…

 

 

The teenager, who was laid low by COVID-19 final yr and missed a coaching journey to Europe due to it, let loose an enormous scream after the referee raised her hand, pent up feelings lastly getting the higher of her.





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