Indian
boxer
Lovlina
Borgohain
picked
up
a
bronze
medal
at
the
women's
welterweight
category
at
the
ongoing
Tokyo
Olympics
2020
on
Wednesday,
August
4,
2021.
She
lost
her
semifinal
bout
to
reigning
world
champion
Busenaz
Sürmeneli
of
Turkey
in
the
women's
69
kg
category
but
went
on
to
win
the
match
for
the
bronze
medal.
Many
Bollywood
stars
took
to
their
respective
social
media
handles
to
hail
Lovlina
Borgohain
for
winning
the
bronze
medal
at
Tokyo
2020.
Deepika
Padukone
took
to
her
Instagram
stories
to
share
a
creative
featuring
Lovlina
as
the
Queen
in
a
deck
of
cards.
Alia
Bhatt
congratulated
the
boxer
and
wrote,
"Congratulations
to
@lovlina_borgohai
for
bringing
home
the
bronze."
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
posted
Lovlina's
picture
on
her
Instagram
story
along
with
a
heart
and
high-five
emojis.
Taapsee
Pannu
tweeted,
"3
medals
3
females
!
@LovlinaBorgohai
you
are
a
star
and
a
very
aggressive
one!"
Abhishek
Bachchan
also
congratulated
Borgohai
for
her
win
and
posted,
"Congratulations
@LovlinaBorgohai
on
bringing
home
bronze
🥉
at
your
debut
Olympics!
We're
all
so
proud
of
you
#TokyoOlympics.
@WeAreTeamIndia."
@WeAreTeamIndia."
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
also
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
and
wrote,
"Well
fought
@LovlinaBorgohai!
Her
success
in
the
boxing
ring
inspires
several
Indians.
Her
tenacity
and
determination
are
admirable.
Congratulations
to
her
on
winning
the
Bronze.
Best
wishes
for
her
future
endeavours.
#Tokyo2020."
Well
fought
@LovlinaBorgohai!
Her
success
in
the
boxing
ring
inspires
several
Indians.
Her
tenacity
and
determination
are
admirable.
Congratulations
to
her
on
winning
the
Bronze.
Best
wishes
for
her
future
endeavours.
#Tokyo2020
Aamir
Khan
Productions
also
posted
a
congratulatory
message
to
the
pugilist
on
their
Instagram
stories.
Lovlina's
bronze
medal
takes
India's
medal
tally
at
Tokyo
Olympics
to
three
after
Mirabai
Chanu's
silver
medal
in
women's
weightlifting
and
PV
Sindhu's
bronze
medal
win
in
badminton
women's
singles.