Lovlina Borgohain Wins The Second Bronze For India

• ByAyushi Ray     |    August 4, 2021

Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain wins the second  bronze for India. She lost all three rounds with unanimous decision from the five judges going in favour of the Turkish boxer, Busenaz Surmeneli. She is the the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She might have succumbed in the Semi Final, but thanks to her, her locality in Assam will see a motorable road being constructed.  Six-time world champion Mary Kom clinched bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, while Vijender Singh bagged bronze in Beijing in 2008.

Lovlina, is the first-ever woman from Assam to take part at the Olympics, that too at a tender age of 23. She battled against the deadly  Covid-19 in October 2020, just hours before she was about to board a flight to Italy along with the Indian contingent for a training-cum-competition trip. She was forced into isolation and despite facing all the hardships, the boxer will bring home an Olympic medal. Interestingly, all the three medals won by India this Olympics have been won by Women.  

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