Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain ended her Tokyo Olympics campaign by bagging a bronze medal. She lost to Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey via unanimous decision on Wednesday. She lost the first round 0:5 and was warned with a point deducted in the second round. In the final round, she was dominated by the Turkish boxer as she had to finally settled for a bronze.
It was a difficult road to the semis for the Indian boxer. Lovlina Borgohain won her first bout against Germany’s Nadine Apetz where she won via a split decision. She the met Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen in the quarter-final and went onto beat her 4:1. The Indian contingent have won two medals in the Olympics so far and both were won by female athletes.
With a bronze medal, Lovlina became only the third Indian boxer after Vijender Singh and Mary Kom to win an Olympic medal. Meanwhile, the Indian cricketing fraternity has reacted to Lovlina’s recent feat at the Olympics. She was congratulated on bagging the bronze receiving a lot of accolades.
Indian Cricketers React After Lovlina Borgohain Bags Bronze In Tokyo Olympics
One more story to inspire a nation. One more girl making India proud. @LovlinaBorgohai has got the #Bronze More power to your punches.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 4, 2021
India is proud of you, @LovlinaBorgohai!! Thank you for bagging the third medal for our country in #TokyoOlympics!🙌🥉
Onwards & upwards from here! Jai Hind!🇮🇳 #Tokyo2020 #Boxing #Olympics #IndiaAtTokyo2020 #LovlinaBorgohain pic.twitter.com/hm1FAqk5xH
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) August 4, 2021
How many of us can think of winning an Olympic 🏅 at the age of 23? She has made us proud.#lovlina_borgohain #TeamIndia #Tokyo2020
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 4, 2021
You’ve boxed your way into history #Lovlina! Superb! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/GvM9HGCOa0
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 4, 2021
What a brave brave show against a far stronger boxer. Well fought Lovlina, you kept going in even when everything seemed lost! pic.twitter.com/NGOonG2WOM
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) August 4, 2021
Grit. Guts. Glory. 🥉
Congratulations @LovlinaBorgohai whole of India is proud of you🥊🇮🇳 #TeamIndia #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/RTzgfERba8— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 4, 2021
Brave fight @LovlinaBorgohai! Congratulations on securing bronze for the county 🇮🇳👏 Fantastic achievement 💪 pic.twitter.com/O1xEA4pcFv
— Krunal Pandya (@krunalpandya24) August 4, 2021
What a moment for Indians 🇮🇳 🥉
You’ve made us so proud .
Long way to go girl
Jai Hind @LovlinaBorgohai
@Tokyo2020hi @Tokyo2020— Harmanpreet Kaur (@ImHarmanpreet) August 4, 2021
Congratulations @LovlinaBorgohai 👏🇮🇳 You gave it your all! Brilliant effort 🥊 pic.twitter.com/n6YWuk8Eae
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) August 4, 2021
Proud of you @LovlinaBorgohai 👏👏
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 4, 2021
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