• India’s Lovlina Borgohain bagged the women’s 69kg boxing bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics after losing to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the semifinals.

• Lovlina Borgohain became only the second Indian female boxer after M.C. Mary Kom (bronze at London 2012) to win an Olympic medal. Vijender Singh (bronze at Beijing 2008) is the only Indian men’s boxer with an Olympic medal.

• The 23-year-old pugilist from Assam started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner.

Other achievements:

• Borgohain was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2020.

• She won bronze medal at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships

• She was bronze medalist at the 2017 and the 2021 Asian Championships.

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