Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wished boxer Lovlina Borgohain, the lone entrant from the state at the Paris Olympics, a release said on Friday.
Lovlina won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, becoming the first player from the northeastern state to win an Olympic medal.
Sarma signs 'Good Luck' Gamosa for Lovlina. In an initiative of the Assam Amateur Boxing Association (AABA) to send good wishes to the boxer, signatures were collected on Thursday.
After receiving good wishes from the players and other notable personalities, AABA Secretary Hemant Kumar Kalita, who is also the General Secretary of the Boxing Federation of India, will hand over 'Good Luck Gamosa' to Lovlina.
The CM also spoke to the boxer, who is currently training in Germany, through video call.
Lovlina is the second boxer from the state to participate in the Olympics.
Shiv Thapa represented India in the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics.
With a bronze medal in her first appearance in Tokyo, Lovlina became the first woman from Assam to win an Olympic medal.
If she can win another medal, Lovlina will be the first Indian boxer to win two consecutive Olympic medals and the third Indian athlete to win two consecutive individual medals after wrestler Sushil Kumar (2008 and 2012) and shuttler PV Sindhu (2016 and 2016). Will happen. 2020) in the post-independence era.
Lovlina won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, becoming the first player from the northeastern state to win an Olympic medal.
Sarma signs 'Good Luck' Gamosa for Lovlina. In an initiative of the Assam Amateur Boxing Association (AABA) to send good wishes to the boxer, signatures were collected on Thursday.
After receiving good wishes from the players and other notable personalities, AABA Secretary Hemant Kumar Kalita, who is also the General Secretary of the Boxing Federation of India, will hand over 'Good Luck Gamosa' to Lovlina.
The CM also spoke to the boxer, who is currently training in Germany, through video call.
Lovlina is the second boxer from the state to participate in the Olympics.
Shiv Thapa represented India in the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics.
With a bronze medal in her first appearance in Tokyo, Lovlina became the first woman from Assam to win an Olympic medal.
If she can win another medal, Lovlina will be the first Indian boxer to win two consecutive Olympic medals and the third Indian athlete to win two consecutive individual medals after wrestler Sushil Kumar (2008 and 2012) and shuttler PV Sindhu (2016 and 2016). Will happen. 2020) in the post-independence era.
