Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assures India’s second medal in Tokyo

Stick with Instances of India to get all of the stay updates on Olympics 2021, India Occasions at Tokyo Olympics, Outcomes, Medal Desk and extra on Instances of India. Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal on the ongoing Olympic Video games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese language Taipei to enter the semifinals. The 23-year-old Assam boxer prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four the place she is going to sq. off in opposition to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey, who hammered Anna Lysenko in her quarterfinal bout. Indian lady archer Deepika Kumari defeated Ksenia Perova of Russia within the Ladies’s 1/8 Elimination Spherical to enter the quarterfinals. Deepika will face Korea’s An San within the quarters. India’s ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat did not qualify for the medal occasion of the ladies’s 25m pistol on the Asaka Capturing Vary. Manu Bhaker scored 582 (17x) factors whereas compatriot Rahi Sarnobat gathered 573 (23x) within the {qualifications}.Learn Much less

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 30, 2021, 12:07:30 IST