Lovlina Borgohain defeated Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen 4-1.
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Lovlina Borgohain, who competes in the 69 kg weight category has assured India of another medal at the Tokyo Olympics. She defeated Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen 4-1.
Lovlina was in red. She was as fierce as the colour she was earing. She started the bout with a right jab at her opponent. Continuing her usual style, she was quick on her feet and landed a strong punch on the right and then followed it up with a left jab. Both of the boxers gave in their best but Lovlina prevailed in the round to win in a 3:2 split decision.
Borgohain had an amazing start in the second round as well. Her jabs were as strategic as they could get. Chen responded with a couple of nice punches, and scored on those as well, close to the whistle in Round 2.
“She stuck to the plan of counter-attacking and taking advantage of her height. She had tried being aggressive with this girl in the previous bout and lost. So this time, we told her ‘aap khade raho, usko aane do’,” national coach Mohammed Ali Qamar told PTI. “And what a cool mind she displayed, never got excited. Never tried to barge in.
By the time the third round came in, Lovlina was up by 2 points on 3 cards. This only meant that Chen needed a big finish in the third round. Failing to do so, would eventually end her journey in the Tokyo Olympics. She needed to dominant three minutes. But Chen was far away from having the kind of start she required. Lovlina was playing her defense right by just staying away from Chen. Strategic again from the Indian boxer. Chen doing no favours to herself taking a break. The third round also translated to an easy win by Lovlina. The 23 years old is also the first-ever boxer from Assam to win a medal in the Olympics.
