Assam’s Lovlina Borgohain bags silver medal in Grand Prix 2024 competition
First Published: 16th June, 2024 13:39 IST
Lovlina will be one of the boxers to represent the country in the Paris 2024 Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
Olympic medal winning Assam boxer, Lovlina Borgohain bagged a silver medal in the Grand Prix 2024 competition held in the Czech Republic on Saturday.
Lovlina (75 kg) lost 2-3 in her third bout against Li Qian of China on the final day of the competition. The competition was held in a round-robin format from June 12 to 15.
She won her first bout 3-2 against England’s Chantal Reid but lost the second bout 0-5 against Cindy Ngamba of the Olympic Refugee team.
Lovlina will be one of the boxers to represent the country in the Paris 2024 Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
The Grand Prix tournament is being hosted with the support of World Boxing and it features four boxers in the 75 kg women’s weight category namely Borgohain, Ngamba, Qian, and Chantal Reid.
Earlier, in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, she had won a bronze medal in the welterweight category.
Besides Lovlina, Amit Panghal (51 kg), Nishant Dev (71kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57 Kg) bagged quotas in different categories in boxing for the Paris Olympics 2024.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live 800-1000 New IRB Recruits to Undergo Special Commando Training in Manipur
26th December 2024
Live Why Did A Cabbie Stab a Mother of a 10-year old in Broad Daylight in Guwahati? Read the Real Story Here
26th December 2024
Live MBBS Student From Assam Dies by Suicide at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, Leaves Audio Message for Brother: ‘Become Doctor But Stay in Assam’
26th December 2024
Live Assam: 13-Year-Old Guwahati Girl Missing Since Dec 24
26th December 2024
WE RECOMMEND
Why Did A Cabbie Stab a Mother of a 10-year old in Broad Daylight in Guwahati? Read the Real Story Here
The man stabbed the woman multiple times in the neck, hand, and abdomen, leaving her gravely injured.
26th December 2024MBBS Student From Assam Dies by Suicide at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, Leaves Audio Message for Brother: ‘Become Doctor But Stay in Assam’
Ratnesh sent his younger brother an audio message asking their father not to sell their land before he hanged himself.
26th December 2024Assam: 13-Year-Old Guwahati Girl Missing Since Dec 24
Police have obtained CCTV footage showing Juhi walking alongside the accused on the day of her disappearance.
26th December 2024
Guwahati: Man Stabs Girl to Death in Broad Daylight, Then Stabs Self
Assam Director General of Police (DGP), GP Singh said that the assailant has been detained and taken to GMCH for treatment
26th December 2024
Moral Policing Case: Telecom Workers Mistaken for Cattle Smugglers, Brutally Attacked in Assam
he victims, who were wrongly suspected of being cattle smugglers, suffered serious injuries in the assault.
26th December 2024