Following Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s victory over Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad, her father, Tiken Borgohain, expressed confidence in his daughter’s efficiency within the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. Lovlina defeated Hofstad 5-0 within the ladies’s 75 kg spherical of 16 bouts on Wednesday. Borgohain, a bronze medalist within the 69 kg class at Tokyo 2020, is seeded eighth in her first 75 kg Olympic event. “It was a great combat. She gained her first bout 5-0. I believe she ought to strive tougher. The subsequent spherical might be even more durable,” Tiken Borgohain instructed ANI.
“I do not suppose it is good to look too far forward. She’s going to strive her finest and provides 100% within the Olympics. If she performs nicely, she will certainly obtain good outcomes,” Tiken added.
Making her Summer season Video games debut, the 20-year-old Hofstad adopted an aggressive method within the first two rounds. Nonetheless, Lovlina was firm in defence, smothering her opponent’s punches whereas countering with precision, based on Olympics.com.
The Norwegian boxer improved within the third spherical, however it wasn’t sufficient to outscore the reigning Asian Video games silver medalist. With this win, Borgohain superior to the quarterfinals.
Borgohain will face Li Qian of the Individuals’s Republic of China, who defeated her for the Asian Video games gold in Hangzhou final 12 months.
The Lovlina Borgohain vs. Li Qian ladies’s 75kg quarterfinal is scheduled for Sunday, August 4, at 3:02 PM IST.
On Tuesday, India confronted setbacks in boxing in each males’s and girls’s occasions. The Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio knocked out Indian boxer Jasmine Lamboria within the ladies’s 57 kg spherical of 32 match.
Like Preeti, Jasmine struggled from the beginning, trailing on the finish of the primary spherical, with 4 out of 5 judges awarding ten factors to the Philippine boxer.
Within the second spherical, Petecio continued to dominate, showing comfy all through, and all 5 judges awarded her ten factors.
Within the third and closing spherical, Jasmine wanted a outstanding comeback to show the bout in her favour. Nonetheless, the comeback by no means materialised, and she or he misplaced the match 0-5 on factors. Amit Panghal additionally exited the Paris Olympics following a loss within the spherical of 16 within the males’s 51 kg class.
Amit misplaced to Zambia’s Patrick Chinyemba by 1-4. Within the preliminary rounds, Amit was extremely aggressive, and each boxers traded punches. However within the third spherical, judges dominated totally in favour of the Zambian boxer, who gained by a break up choice of 1-4.
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