“Cannot Say What’s Proper Or Incorrect”: Lovlina Borgohain On Boxing Factors System After Olympics Exit

Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain crashed out of the Paris Olympics after dropping to China’s Li Qian within the ladies’s 75kg quarterfinal at North Paris Area on Sunday. With Lovlina’s 1-4 break up consequence, India did not win any medals in boxing occasions in Paris. Following her loss, Lovlina spoke to IANS and expressed her disappointment for not with the ability to recreate her heroics from the earlier version. “I’m having hassle accepting this defeat as I failed to attain what I believed I might. I’ve to see the place I lacked within the contest, if I knew beforehand the place I lacked perhaps I might have been champion,” Lovlina advised IANS.

Alongside the frustration of Lovlina’s elimination, many followers have been left pissed off with the results of Nishant Dev’s quarterfinal bout in opposition to Mexican fighter Marco Verde because the Indian dominated the primary two rounds however the struggle was adjudged 1-4 in favour of the opponent.

Many followers have questioned the transparency of the scoring system in boxing which Lovlina brushed upon throughout the dialog.

“Boxing is a unique sport, it is tough to determine what is going on within the recreation as chances are you’ll really feel like you’ve gained however it’s as much as the judges’ notion of how they rating the bout. You possibly can’t actually say what is correct or flawed, you simply have to just accept it,” she added.

The 2024 Paris Olympics have been a bittersweet one thus far for India with many athletes having unbelievable campaigns however lacking out on medals in essential matchups. Nevertheless, one of many biggest tales within the opening fortnight has been that of Manu Bhaker.

The 22-year-old grew to become the primary Indian lady shooter within the historical past of the Olympics to win a medal when she bagged bronze within the 10m air pistol ladies’s occasion. She adopted her history-making win by turning into the primary Ievent Indian to win two medals at a single version of the Olympics post-independence when she teamed up with Sarabjot Singh to safe bronze within the 10m Air Pistol Combined Staff and simply missed out on her third when she completed fourth within the ladies’s 25m Pistol class.

She has additionally been given the honour of being India’s flag-bearer on the closing ceremony of the event. Lovlina expressed her pleasure for Manu and thanked her for bringing ‘pleasure to our nation’.

“I’m so joyful for her. She did what we couldn’t do on this Olympics and profitable two medals is an unbelievable feat so I need to thank her for conserving the pleasure of our nation,” concluded the 2020 Tokyo Bronze medallist.

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