Boxing: Lovlina advances to Olympic Games quarters

Paris, Jul 31 (PTI) 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. PTI PM PM KHS KHS