TNI Bureau: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday won a Bronze medal after losing to Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli 0-5 in the 69kg semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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This is India’s third medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020, after Mirabai Chanu’s silver in weightlifting and P.V. Sindhu’s bronze in badminton.
Lovlina became the only Indian boxer among the nine-member boxing contingent to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
She is the second Indian woman boxer after Mary Kom and third overall to clinch an Olympic medal.
Assam boxer Lovlina on Friday ensured a medal for India after defeating Nien-Chin Chen 4-1 in the quarter-final bout in the 69 kg category.
