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“She Will Give Her 100 Per Cent”: Lovlina Borgohain’s Father After His Daughter’s Victory In First Round

admin — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:24:41 +0000

Following Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s victory over Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad, her father, Tiken Borgohain, expressed confidence in his daughter’s performance in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. Lovlina defeated Hofstad 5-0 in the women’s 75 kg round of 16 bouts on Wednesday. Borgohain, a bronze medalist in the 69 kg category at Tokyo 2020, is seeded eighth in her first 75 kg Olympic tournament. “It was a good fight. She won her first bout 5-0. I think she should try harder. The next round will be even tougher,” Tiken Borgohain told ANI.

“I don’t think it’s good to look too far ahead. She will try her best and give 100% in the Olympics. If she plays well, she will definitely achieve good results,” Tiken added.

Making her Summer Games debut, the 20-year-old Hofstad adopted an aggressive approach in the first two rounds. However, Lovlina was resolute in defence, smothering her opponent’s punches while countering with precision, according to Olympics.com.

The Norwegian boxer improved in the third round, but it wasn’t enough to outscore the reigning Asian Games silver medalist. With this win, Borgohain advanced to the quarterfinals.

Borgohain will face Li Qian of the People’s Republic of China, who defeated her for the Asian Games gold in Hangzhou last year.

The Lovlina Borgohain vs. Li Qian women’s 75kg quarterfinal is scheduled for Sunday, August 4, at 3:02 PM IST.

On Tuesday, India faced setbacks in boxing in both men’s and women’s events. The Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio knocked out Indian boxer Jasmine Lamboria in the women’s 57 kg round of 32 match.

Like Preeti, Jasmine struggled from the start, trailing at the end of the first round, with four out of five judges awarding ten points to the Philippine boxer.

In the second round, Petecio continued to dominate, appearing at ease throughout, and all five judges awarded her ten points.

In the third and final round, Jasmine needed a remarkable comeback to turn the bout in her favour. However, the comeback never materialised, and she lost the match 0-5 on points. Amit Panghal also exited the Paris Olympics following a loss in the round of 16 in the men’s 51 kg category.

Amit lost to Zambia’s Patrick Chinyemba by 1-4. In the initial rounds, Amit was highly aggressive, and both boxers traded punches. But in the third round, judges ruled entirely in favour of the Zambian boxer, who won by a split decision of 1-4.

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Asian Games, Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain Books Paris Olympics Ticket; Narender, Preeti Sign Off With Bronze

admin — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:06:26 +0000

World champion Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) locked an Olympic quota for herself by moving into the final while Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Narender Berwal ( 92kg) signed off with bronze medals at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Borgohain, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, cleverly managed her bout against Asian Championship silver medallist Baison Manikon of Thailand to win by an unanimous 5-0 decision and remain in the hunt for a gold medal in the continental showpiece. Preeti, whose father is an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police, put up a good show but lost 0-5 to reigning flyweight champion China’s Chang Yuan. She has already secured an Olympic quota.

(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)

Narender went down 0-5 to Olympic and world championship medallist Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan in the semifinal to miss out on an Olympic quota.

In a bizarre incident, Sachin Siwach lost his 57kg quarterfinal 1-4 bout to Lyu Ping in three minutes and 7 seconds after the Chinese sustained a cut on his forehead following a clash of the head between the two boxers.

Ping had won the first round 4-1 and when it was clear he couldn’t continue boxing due to the bleeding, the judges decided to rule the bout in favour of the Chinese.

In the first bout of the day, both southpaw boxers showcased their high skill and ring IQs in the opening three minutes. While Preeti looked to poke and peck with a right hook, the Chinese kept landing right hooks.

At one point, the 19-year-old Indian landed a double jab, followed by two right hooks and two body shots to score crucial points. But Chang replied aggressively with a right cross and a flurry of jabs.

The Chinese boxer was cleaner with her punches and the four of the five judges ruled in her favour in the opening round.

In the second round, Preeti dialled up the intensity, trying to break Chang’s defence. But the Chinese, who enjoyed the crowd support, defended well, moving around the ring.

Chang was warned a couple of times for hitting behind the head of Preeti. Having done enough, the Chinese boxer continued to defend in the final three minutes to take the win.

In the 75kg semifinal, Borgohain controlled the bout by using her long reach and kept landing straight punches.

Trailing after the opening round, Manikon went all out in the next three minutes only to lose steam in the final round. Borgohain was the fresher of the two in the final round and just evaded whatever little punches Manikon threw at her.

After landing a few blows early on, Narender went into his shell. The Kazakh boxer asserted his authority taking the round 5-0.

In the next six minutes Kunkabayev showed more urgency, landing punches at will as Narender looked clueless. Trailing on all cards, the Indian was probably trying to go for a knockout but that punch never came.

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Asian Games 2023 September 30 Schedule: Indians In Action, Events And Timing

admin — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:48:37 +0000

India’s stars like weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale will be in action on September 30 at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou. It won’t be a medal match but an India vs Pakistan contest is always among the big games, the two teams will be facing each other in a Pool A match in men’s hockey on Saturday. Meanwhile, athletes like huddler Jyothi Yarraji, long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin will also be in action during the qualifying events.

(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)

Asian Games 2023 September 30 (Saturday) Full Schedule:

3×3 basketball

Men’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Iran – 10:55 AM
Women’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Malaysia – 1:00 PM
Men’s quarter-finals (if qualified) – 3:30 PM onwards
Women’s quarter-finals (if qualified) – 3:30 PM onwards

Athletics

Women’s heptathlon events (Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara) – 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s long jump qualifying Groups A and B (Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin) – 6:35 AM
Women’s 100m hurdles heats (Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj) – 6:30 AM
Men’s 1500m round 1 heats (Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson) – 7:05 AM
Women’s 400m final (Aishwarya Kailash Mishra) – 5:30 PM
Men’s 400m final (Muhammed Ajmal) – 5:40 PM
Men’s 10,000m final (Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh) – 5:50 PM

Badminton

Men’s team semi-finals (HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun): India vs the Republic of Korea – 2:30 PM onwards

Boxing

Women’s 54kg quarter-finals: Preeti (IND) vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) – 11:30 AM
Women’s 75kg quarter-finals: Lovlina Borgohain (IND) vs Suyeon Seong (KOR) – 12:15 PM
Men’s 57kg round of 16: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Abuquthailah Turki (KUW) – 1:00 PM
Men’s +92kg quarter-final: Narender (IND) vs Ramezanpourdelavar Iman (IRI) – 2:15 PM
Men’s 71kg quarter-finals: Nishant Dev (IND) vs Okazawa Sewonrets Quincy Mensah (JAP) – 6:30 PM

Bridge

Men’s, women’s and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams) – 6:30 AM onwards

Canoeing

Multiple sprint races heats and semi-finals (multiple athletes) – 7:00 AM onwards

Chess

Men’s team round 2 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) – 12:30 PM onwards
Women’s team round 2 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) – 12:30 PM onwards

Diving

Men’s synchronised 3m springboard final (London Singh Hemam, Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi) – 5:00 PM

Equestrian

Eventing team and individual (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye) – 5:30 AM onwards

Golf

Men’s individual and team round 3 (Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi) – 4:00 AM onwards
Women’s individual and team round 3 (Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) – 4:00 AM onwards

Handball

Women’s preliminary round Group B: India vs Nepal – 11:30 AM

Hockey

Preliminary men’s Pool A: India vs Pakistan – 6:15 PM

Kurash

Medal event: Men’s -66kg (Keshav) – 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)
Medal event: Women’s -52kg (Pincky Balhara, Suchika Tariyal) – 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)

Roller skating

Medal event: Women’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final (Heeral Sadhu, Aarthy Kasturi Raj) – 6:30 AM
Medal event: Men’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final (Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Rahul Kamble) – 7:05 AM

Shooting

Medal event: 10m air pistol mixed team qualification round and medal matches (Divya TS, Sarabjot Singh) – 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 (Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu) – 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 (Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak) – 6:30 AM onwards

Squash

Men’s team gold medal match: India vs Pakistan – 1:00 PM

Table tennis

Men’s doubles quarter-finals (Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar) – 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s singles quarter-finals (Manika Batra) – 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s doubles quarter-finals (Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale and Sutirtha/Ayhika Mukherjee) – 1:30 PM onwards

Tennis

Mixed doubles semi-finals: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs En-shuo Liang/Tsung-hao Huang (TPE) – after 9:30 AM

Volleyball

Women’s preliminary round Pool A: India vs DPR Korea – 8:00 AM

Weightlifting

Women’s 49kg (Mirabai Chanu) – 6:30 AM onwards (final group starts at 12:30 PM)
Women’s 55kg (Bindyarani Devi) – 6:30 AM onwards (final group starts at 4:30 PM)

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Asian Games 2023 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast

admin — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:42:19 +0000

The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony is set to take place at Hangzhou on September 23. Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be the flag-bearers of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) took the decision to have joint flag-bearers for the continental showpiece. A total of 655 Indian athletes are competing in the Asian Games this time, which is the largest contingent ever. Here are the details of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony –

When is the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony?

The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 September 2023.

At what time will the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony take place?

The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony is scheduled to start at 5:30 PM IST.

Where will the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony take place?

The opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2023 will take place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium.

Where to watch live streaming of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony in India?

The opening ceremony for the Asian Games 2023 will be streamed live on the SonyLIV app and website in India.

When and where to watch the live telecast of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony in India?

The live telecast of the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2023 will be available on the Sony Sports Ten 2 SD and HD, Sony Sports Ten 3 SD and HD (Hindi) TV channels in India.

Who are India’s flag-bearers at the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony?

Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh and female boxer Lovlina Borgohain are the flag-bearers for India at the opening ceremony of Asian Games 2023.

Lovlina had won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 69kg category. This year, she won gold in 75kg category at the World Women’s Boxing Championship in New Delhi. On the other hand, Harmanpreet is one of the best drag-flickers in the world and was part of the team that won the historic bronze at the Tokyo Games, breaking the more than four-decade-long Indian hockey team’s medal drought in the Olympics.

(All telecast and streaming timings are as per the information received from the host broadcasters)

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Lovlina Borgohain And Harmanpreet Singh To Be India’s Flag-Bearers At Asian Games Opening Ceremony

admin — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:45:30 +0000

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Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be the flag-bearers of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on September 23. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) took the decision on Wednesday to have joint flag-bearers for the continental showpiece. A total of 655 Indian athletes are competing in the Asian Games this time, which is the largest contingent ever. “We arrived at the decision after much deliberation today,” Indian contingent Chef de Mission Bhupender Singh Bajwa told PTI.

“This time we will have two flag-bearers leading the contingent at the Asian Games — hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and boxer Lovlina Borgohain,” added Bajwa, who is also Wushu Association of India chief.

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra had done the honours at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.

Lovlina had won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 69kg category. This year, she won gold in 75kg category at the World Women’s Boxing Championship in New Delhi.

Harmanpreet is one of the best drag-flickers in the world and was part of the team that won the historic bronze at the Tokyo Games, breaking the more than four-decade-long Indian hockey team’s medal drought in the Olympics.

The Indian men’s hockey team would be aiming for a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games to secure automatic qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Bajwa will be assisted at the Asian Games by four deputy chefs de mission as the job entails a lot of responsibility.

Bajwa is also the chairman of the Indian Olympic Association-constituted ad-hoc committee for wrestling.

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