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Olympic-bound Lovlina Borgohain ends with bronze at Asian Qualifiers

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Press Trust of India Amman (Jordan)

Two-time world bronze-medallist Lovlina

Borgohain (69kg) on Tuesday signed off with a bronze medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, where she secured her maiden ticket to the quadrennial showpiece by making the semifinals.

The second-seeded 22-year-old lost to third seed and 2018 world silver-medallist Hong Gu of China in a unanimous 5-0 verdict after struggling to find her range against the experienced 30-year-old.

Gu will next be up against reigning world champion and top seed Chen Nien-Chin of Taiwan who outpunched Thailand's Baison Manikon in her semifinal bout.

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First Published: Mar 10 2020 | 3:44 PM IST

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