She isn&rsquo;t quite happy with just a bronze in her debut Olympics but Indian boxer <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Lovlina+Borgohain-all">Lovlina Borgohain</a> on Wednesday said it is nonetheless a huge reward for her sacrifices in the past eight years and she would celebrate it by taking her first vacation since taking up the sport in 2012.
Borgohain, 23, lost 0-5 in the welterweight (69kg) semi-finals to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey here yesterday morning.
&ldquo;Accha to nahi lag raha hai [not feeling good]. I worked hard for a gold medal so it is a bit disappointing,&rdquo; Borgohain said after the bout, in which she was docked a point for not paying attention to the referee&rsquo;s instructions and also endured two standing eight counts.
&ldquo;I could not execute my strategy, she was strong, I thought if I play on the backfoot, I would get hit, so I went on the offensive but it didn&rsquo;t work out as I had thought,&rdquo; she explained. &ldquo;I wanted to hit her confidence, par hua nahi [but it didn&rsquo;t happen]. She was relentless and that was the problem.&rdquo;
Borgohain&rsquo;s medal is nonetheless a historic achievement as it was the country&rsquo;s first <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Tokyo+Olympics-all">Olympic</a> podium finish in boxing in nine years and only the third ever overall after Vijender Singh (2008) and MC Mary Kom (2012).
&ldquo;I always wanted to compete in the Olympics and win a medal. I am glad I got a medal but I could have got more,&rdquo; she said.
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Lovlina Borgohain goes 0-5 down to world champion Busenaz Surmeneli in semi-final; says she was eyeing gold but is glad to win medal on Olympic debut

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