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On August 4, 2021, Lovlina Borgohain won the bronze medal after losing 0-5 to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the 69kg welterweight semifinals. Lovlina Borgohain is the second Indian female boxer to win an Olympic bronze medal, following MC Mary Kom in the 2012 London Olympics. After Mirabai Chanu's silver in weightlifting and PV Sindhu's bronze in badminton women's individual event, this is India's third medal at this year's Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, and many other dignitaries congratulated her for her prestigious win.

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In the quarterfinals of the women's welterweight event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, the Olympic debutant defeated world no. 2 Chen Nien-Chin of Chinese Taipei 4-1. She also advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Germany's Nadine Apetz 3-2 in the Round of 16 by a split decision. Lovlina Borgohain has won the first Olympic medal for an Assamese woman.

Lovlina Borgohain is also the third Indian boxer to win Olympic bronze, following Mary Kom and Vijender Singh. The 23-year-old is currently ranked third in the world. Indian boxers Mary Kom and Vijender Singh won bronze medals in the 2012 London Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics respectively.

About Lovlina Borgohain

Lovlina Borgohain is from Assam's Golaghat district. Her father is a small-business owner. Lovlina began her career as a kickboxer but later switched to boxing when the opportunity arose. The Sports Authority of India held trials at her high school, and she took part in them. Padum Boro, a renowned coach, noticed and chose her and also started training her in 2012.

Her older twin sisters, Licha and Lima, had also competed in kickboxing at the national level but had not pursued it further. Her biggest break came when she was chosen to compete in the welterweight boxing category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She did not, however, win a medal after losing in the quarterfinals.

Achievements

She previously won a gold medal in the welterweight category at the International Boxing Championship in February 2018. In November 2017, she also won bronze at the Asian Boxing Championships in Vietnam. In June 2017, she won bronze at the President's Cup in Astana, and in June 2018, she won a silver medal at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia. In September 2018, she won bronze at the 13th International Silesian Championship in Poland.

For the first time, she represented India at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, which was held in New Delhi. She went on to win a bronze medal in the Welterweight (69 kg) category. Again next year, she had to settle for bronze in the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship after losing in the 69 kg semi-finals. She has now become the first-ever sportswoman from Assam to win a medal in the Olympics. She was honored with the prestigious Arjuna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind virtually for her outstanding performance in boxing.  

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