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In Pics: Meet Lovlina Borgohain, India's latest boxing sensation

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain becomes the first from Assam to enter the Olympics and win a medal for India as well. The 24-year-old secures bronze medal at least in the 69kg welterweight category in Tokyo Olympics on Friday (July 30). In this collection of pictures, we take a look at India's latest boxing sensation.

Updated:Jul 30, 2021, 11:50 AM IST

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Lovlina hails from Golaghat of Assam

Born on 2 October 1997, Indian boxer Lovlina started her career as a kickboxer but switched to boxing later when she found the opportunity. (Image credit: PTI)

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Borgohain's achievementin 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships

She represented India for the first time at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, held in New Delhi, where she won the bronze medal in the Welterweight(69 kg) category. (Image credit: PTI)

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Big break of Lovlina's boxing career

Lovlina's career's biggest break came when she was selected to participate in the 2018 Commonwealth Games welterweight boxing category because of her achievement in the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. (Image credit: PTI)

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Arjun Awardee Lovlina

In 2020, Lovlina received Arjuna Award and became the sixth person from Assam to hold it. (Image credit: IANS)

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Way to the Tokyo Olympics

In March 2020, Borgohain secured a place in Olympics in the 69 kg with a 5-0 win over Maftunakhon Melieva of Uzbekistan in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. (Image credit: IANS)