Lovlina Borgohain suffered a defeat against the top-seeded Li Qian in the women's 75kg quarter-final to miss out on India's fourth medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday. She was India's only challenge left in boxing at the Paris Olympics 2024.
India at Paris Olympics, Day 9 Live: India men's hockey team defeated Great Britain in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals round but young badminton player Lakshya Sen and ace boxer Lovlina Borgohain suffered big defeats in their respective matches.
After narrowly missing out on two medals on Sunday, the Indian contingent is set to witness two crucial events on Day 9 of the sporting events at the Paris Olympics 2024. Men's hockey team will face the world no.2 Great Britain in the quarter-final clash on Sunday.
Paris Olympics: Lovlina Borgohain clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago and is gunning for her second medal at the Summer Games. She will be facing a familiar foe Li Qian in the quarterfinals. Here is all you need to know about Lovlina's opponent.
The 26-year-old Indian boxer claimed a famous bronze in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and directly qualified for a round of 16 at the Paris Games 2024 in the women's 75kg category. Lovlina Borgohain was excellent with her early punches and dominated her opponent Hofstad Sunniva.
A total of six boxers will represent India at the Paris Olympics 2024 starting from July 26 and the draw for them has been finalized. India's medal hopefuls Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain have been handed tough draws while Nishant and Amit directly qualify for the round of 16.
Lovlina Borgohain won a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 in the 69kg category. Lovlina has switched her category to 75kg and will be gunning for another medal in the Paris Games. Here is Lovlina's journey to the Summer Games.
India's men's hockey team and over 80 individual athletes have already secured qualification for the Paris Olympics Games 2024 starting on July 26. The veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal and two-time Olympics medalist PV Sindhu will be India's flag bearers at the 33rd Summer Olympics.
India succeeded in winning a total of 12 medals in the Asian Games 2023 on 4 October. India has captured 18 gold, 31 silver and 32 bronze medals in 11 days. India has won a total of 81 medals so far.
India displayed its dominance in the men's javelin throw event with Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena taking the top two spots on the podium. The world champion Lovlina Borgohain had to settle for a silver in the women's 75kg boxing category but India ended day 11 with three Gold medals.
Lovlina Borgohain became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Asian Games as India's boxing campaign in the 2023 edition finished with five medals, one silver and five bronze. Mary Kom had famously won the gold medal in the 2014 edition and skipped the Hangzhou 2022 games.
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