India’s Lovlina Borgohain was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the women’s boxing 75 kg event of the Paris Olympics after losing 1-4 to China’s Li Qian on Sunday. Qian had won a silver medal in the 75 kg category in the Tokyo Olympics. Earlier, Lovlina had won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics but this time she could not progress beyond the quarter-finals. Lovlina had a golden opportunity to create history, if she had succeeded in winning the medal this time, she would have become the first Indian boxer to win two Olympic medals in boxing.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain (75 kg) entered the quarter-finals by defeating Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad 5-0. Lovlina had won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category in Tokyo. With the defeat of Lovlina, India’s challenge in boxing also ended. Nishant Dev was out of the men’s 71kg quarterfinals on Saturday night.
India played with 10 players, entered the semi-finals by defeating Britain
Lovlina had to face defeat by 1-4 in this tough match. During this, both the boxers were repeatedly warned for clinching and holding. India had fielded six boxers in the Paris Olympics. These include four female and two male boxers.
