Asian Video games 2023: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain Settles For Silver, Parveen Hooda Indicators Off With Bronze

Tokyo Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain put up a lacklustre show to accept a silver as Indian boxers signed off with a haul of 5 medals on the Asian Video games on Wednesday. Parveen Hooda could not overcome the peak drawback in opposition to two-time world champion Lin Yu Ting of Chinese language Taipei within the ladies’s 57kg semifinal to log off with a bronze. Borgohain’s defensive efficiency value her the gold as she was out-punched within the lop-sided last. The reigning world champion was thrashed by house favorite and two-time Olympic medallist Li Qian within the 75kg last. With Borgohain’s loss, India’s marketing campaign got here to an finish. The nation’s boxers thus signed off with 5 medals, together with one silver and 4 bronze. Within the final version, India had received a gold and a bronze.

“I gave my greatest however couldn’t carry the gold. I’m proud of my efficiency. I’ll attempt to change the color of the medal within the Olympics,” Borgohain stated after the bout. (Asian Video games Medals Tally)

“I dedicated some errors like I used to be taking part in nearer to the opponent and bought a degree reduce. I’ll work on the errors I dedicated,” she added.

Preventing for gold, each Borgohain and Qian appeared tentative, attempting to measurement one another up.

Borgohain, the reigning Asian champion, was unwilling to assault till the referee requested her to start out combating following which she landed proper punch.

The 2 boxers did throw punches at one another however with out a lot accuracy with none of them making a lot of an impression within the first spherical, which concerned loads of clinching. Borgohain was warned twice for holding and Qian narrowly took the spherical 3-2.

The second spherical adopted the same script with each boxers clinching one another. Borgohain was as soon as once more passive and after her third warning, she was hit with a degree deduction for extreme holding.

Trailing after the primary two rounds, Borgohain wanted to be proactive however the Indian appeared content material with a silver.

“Additionally there have been a lot of optimistic which I can take. Qualifying for Olympics from this match was extra necessary to me and I achieved it,” she added.

Parveen struggles to beat top drawback

Parveen, who received the 63kg bronze on the 2022 World Championships, went all the way down to Lin through a 5-0.

Standing at 5 ft and 7 inches, Parveen was at a drawback in opposition to Lin due to her top, which made it tough for her to land scoring punches.

Lin, alternatively, capitalised on her two-inch benefit. The 2018 bronze medallist pounded Parveen with a spread of punches whereas combating from afar.

Trailing on all 5 playing cards, Parveen tried a extra aggressive strategy within the second spherical however the 27-year-old Lin used her expertise to chase away the Indian’s blows by utilizing her nimble ft.

Parveen did discover success sporadically however that was not sufficient to persuade the judges as Lin stored on touchdown punches constantly.

Lin, who has three World Championships medals to her identify, had additionally grabbed a bronze within the 2023 version earlier this yr, however was disqualified after she failed an eligibility check.

The 23-year-old Indian has already secured an Olympic quota for subsequent yr’s Paris Video games together with two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), and Borgohain.

Not one of the male pugilists may earn Olympic quotes with solely Narender Berwal ( 92kg) successful a medal.