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World-beating boxers outpunched as six-member Indian team returns medalless
Updated On: 13 August, 2024 07:26 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
But when it came to actual competition, the Indians never seemed to have the momentum needed to go deep into the tournament
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India’s Lovlina Borgohain (right) trades blows during her loss to Li Qian of China in the 75kg quarter-final in Paris recently. Pic/Getty Images
The Indian boxing contingent, that featured two reigning world champions in Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain, entered the Olympics hoping for an unprecedented medal haul, only to crumble under pressure, leaving behind a trail of disappointment in a medal-less campaign.
Boxing became a medal hope for India after Vijender Singh’s historic bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games. MC Mary Kom added a women’s bronze to it in 2012.
Although the 2016 Rio Games saw the boxers return without a medal, Borgohain clinched a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics to revitalise the sport. Expectations were high from Paris and observers of the game felt at least one, if not two medals, could be expected from the six boxers who qualified.
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