गुवाहाटी: असम विधानसभा के जारी बजट सत्र की कार्यवाही बुधवार को आधे घंटे के लिए स्थगित हो सकती है. कारण है Tokyo Olympics में मुक्केबाज लवलीना बोरगोहेन (Lovlina Borgohain) का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला. बुधवार को Tokyo Olympics में वेल्टरवेट महिला मुक्केबाजी सेमीफाइनल में लवलीना का मुकाबला वर्ल्ड चैंपियन तुर्की की बुसेनाज सुरमेनेली से होगा. यह मुकाबला आज यानी बुधवार सुबह 11 बजे होगा. ऐसे में असम विधानसभा के बजट सत्र की
Olympics: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain bags bronze after losing semifinal bout
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Lovlina grabs bronze medal after losing in semis.(SAI Media). Image Source: IANS News
Tokyo, Aug 4 : Boxer Lovlina Borgohain became the third Indian athlete at the Tokyo Olympics after weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and shuttler PV Sindhu to clinch a medal a bronze after she lost her welterweight semifinal bout to Turkey s Busenaz Surmeneli at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena on Wednesday.
India have now bettered their 2016 Rio Olympic Games tally by clinching a silver and two bronze in Tokyo.
The 23-year-old from Golaghat district of Assam lost her 64/69kg category last-four bout in a unanimous decision to Busenaz, who is among the best in the business and is ranked No. 1 here.
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain signs off with bronze medal at Olympics
The Assam boxer also coped a one point deduction in the second round for not paying attention to the referee s instructions despite a couple of cautions. The third round was especially punishing for Borgohain, who faced two standing eight counts during the bout (Source: PTI) PTI
Updated Aug 04, 2021, 11:59 AM IST
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal in the Olympic Games after a comprehensive 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli here on Wednesday, bringing an end to the country s campaign in the sport here.
President, PM Modi, other leaders applaud Borgohain for Olympic bronze medal PTI
New Delhi: Lovlina Borgohain’s “dogged determination” drew all-round praise as the country raised a toast to the young boxer for winning a bronze medal in her maiden Olympic Games.
Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal after a 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli on Wednesday, bringing an end to the country’s boxing campaign in Tokyo and adding a third medal to its overall tally.
“…With your hard work and dogged determination, you have done the nation proud. Your Bronze medal in boxing at the Olympics Games will inspire the youth, especially young women, to battle with challenges and turn their dreams into reality,” President Ram Nath Kovind wrote on his twitter handle.