Lovlina Borgohain is not going to settle for anything less than a Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. By reaching the semi-final of the Women's Welterweight category, Lovlina is assured of at least a bronze medal. The young boxer, a two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist, was in the mood for some big punches as she outclassed former world champion and 3rd seed Nien-Chin Chen of Taiwan on Friday.
After her quarter-final win from Tokyo, Lovlina Borgohain said she will definitely look to come up with a better showing in the semi-final.
Lovlina stated, "Feeling very good after winning the quarter-final, next up is my semi-final. I will definitely try to do better than this in the semi-final, I want to try and win the gold medal for India."
“I have been working hard for eight years, so I thought I will have to show that hard work. I just wanted to be aggressive from the start,” said Borgohain, a two-time world championships medallist.
“I thought I will play it easy, whatever the situation I will handle. I have lost four times. I used to think too much about her. Today I went with the strategy of attacking and not staying on the back foot,” she said.
“I can play freely now. I did not take any stress. If you take stress, it is not good. I just wanted to prove myself. I wanted to prove that I can beat her.”
“Pressure is always there. But, this time, I tried not to play under pressure as it impacts the performance. I knew the whole country was praying for me. I just had to give my best performance,” said Boxer Lovlina Borgohain.
India rejoiced after Lovlina Borgohain on Friday assured the country of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and shooting ace Abhinav Bindra joining others in sending the young boxer congratulatory messages.
“Lovlina has entered the Semi-Finals ! Well done @LovlinaBorgohai , what an amazing news for India to wake up to today! We’ve been glued to the tv screen watching you in action!," Thakur wrote on his Twitter handle.
Former sports minister Kiren Rijiju too sent her his congratulations. “India is confirmed of 2nd Olympics medal. What a lovely Boxing from Lovlina. LovlinaBorgohai has reached semi-finals and looking for Gold medal in Tokyo2020 Olympics!" Rijiju wrote.
Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt said, “What a day!! One more Medal confirmation win by Indian Women proud." Former world champion shooter Heena Sidhu said, “medal confirmed for Lovlina!!!! Great show!!! Amazing amazing amazing."