Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's Lovlina Borgohain Defeats Germany's Nadine Apetz, Enters Quarterfinals

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarterfinals in her debut Olympic appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz.

Borgohain prevailed 3-2 over her rival who is 12 years her senior.

Notably, both the boxers were making their Games debut and the Indian became the first from her nine-strong team to make the quarterfinal stage.

Lovlina is a two-time World and Asian Championships bronze-medallist.

The youngster from Assam was the aggressor in the opening round before she changed her strategy to play the waiting game.

Earlier, Assam boxer Lovlina Borgohain gets 'bye' in the first round of Olympics pre-quarter before facing Nadine Apetz.

Lovlina Borgohain, the boxer from Assam was qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in March 2020 when she won the Asia and Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.

It is to be mentioned here that, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged off a bicycle rally in support of Lovlina Borgohain, calling her 'Assam's daughter' on the week the Tokyo Olympics was flagged off. Lovlina is the second boxer in the Olympics, after Shiva Thapa, to hail from Assam.

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