Gutsy Lovlina Borgohain's Hope for Gold Ends with Loss to World Champ Busenaz Surmeneli in Semis

Street-smart and daring, Lovlina has assured herself of a bronze medal by making it to the semifinals in welterweight.

However, in the semi-finals today, Lovlina Borgohain wins Bronze Third place metal boxing glove as she lost her SF bout against Turkish boxer Busenaz.

Lovlina Borgohain put up a brave fight but Busenaz Surmeneli was too good for her in the Boxing - Women's Welterweight Semifinals at Tokyo 2020'

Lovlina became just the second female boxer after MC Mary Kom to win an Olympic bronze medal. Mary Kom had won the 2012 London Olympics bronze.

The 23-year-old from Assam, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece after Vijender Singh (2008) and M C Mary Kom (2012).

She knew that against Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli, her aggressive world champion opponent, it will require a sumo-sized performance — in an arena that is home to Japanese sumo wrestling.

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who has impressed at Tokyo Olympics, is on the brink of scripting history after confirming an Olympic medal for the country.

The youngster set her sights on GOLD to bring an end to India's drought at the top podium spot in the last two Olympic games at Rio and London.

The 23-year-old has stunned one and all in the competition so far and secured a top-four spot with a brilliant 4-1 win over double World Championship medallist Chen Nien-Chin of Chinese Taipei