Olympics 2024: Lovlina Borgohain advances to quarterfinal in boxing women's 75 kg category

Tokyo Olympics bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Games after clinching a comfortable win over Norway's Sunniva Hofstad here on Wednesday. Borgohain prevailed 5-0 in the contest to remain on course for a second successive Olympic medal.


The reigning world champion had won her Tokyo bronze in the 69kg category.



She will take on top-seeded Chinese Li Qian in the last-eight stage on August 4.

Qian is a silver-medallist from the Tokyo Games in the middleweight (75kg) division.