{"id":38188,"date":"2021-08-04T06:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T06:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188"},"modified":"2021-08-04T06:12:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T06:12:50","slug":"india-s-lovlina-borgohain-settles-for-bronze-in-women-s-welterweight-category-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188","title":{"rendered":"India’s Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women’s welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LovlinaTokyo:<\/strong> India’s Lovlina Borgohain went down fighting to Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli in the semi-final of the women’s welterweight (64-69kg) category to settle for a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

By winning the bronze medal, Borgohain became only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. Six-time world champion Mary Kom clinched bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, while Vijender Singh bagged bronze in Beijing in 2008.<\/p>\n

Borgohain was completely out-punched (0-5) by the gold medal favourite, who produced a thoroughly dominating performance.<\/p>\n

Competing in the Welter (64-69kg) event, the bronze medalist at the 2017 and the 2021 Asian Championships, defeated Nadine Apetz 3-2 in the round of 16 bout. Three days later in the quarterfinal, she outpunched Chinese Taipei’s Chen Nien-Chin 4-1 to storm into the semifinals and ensure India of another medal at Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"LovlinaTokyo:<\/strong> India’s Lovlina Borgohain went down fighting to Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli in the semi-final of the women’s welterweight (64-69kg) category to settle for a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

By winning the bronze medal, Borgohain became only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. Six-time world champion Mary Kom clinched bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, while Vijender Singh bagged bronze in Beijing in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing-boxing"],"yoast_head":"\nIndia's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tokyo: India's Lovlina Borgohain went down fighting to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the semi-final of the women's welterweight (64-69kg) category to settle for a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday. By winning the bronze medal, Borgohain became only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. Six-time world champion Mary Kom clinched bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, while Vijender Singh bagged bronze in Beijing in 2008.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"747\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"568\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"India’s Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women’s welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Boxing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188\",\"name\":\"India's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\",\"width\":747,\"height\":568,\"caption\":\"Lovlina Borgohain\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=38188#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"India’s Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women’s welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"India's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"India's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","og_description":"Tokyo: India's Lovlina Borgohain went down fighting to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the semi-final of the women's welterweight (64-69kg) category to settle for a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday. By winning the bronze medal, Borgohain became only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. Six-time world champion Mary Kom clinched bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, while Vijender Singh bagged bronze in Beijing in 2008.","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","article_published_time":"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":747,"height":568,"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"India’s Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women’s welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics","datePublished":"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188"},"wordCount":159,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg","articleSection":["Boxing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188","name":"India's Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women's welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-04T06:12:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg","width":747,"height":568,"caption":"Lovlina Borgohain"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38188#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"India’s Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze in women’s welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}