Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Record 19 medals thus far!!!! Amazing

[ShoonyaSifar]

Lovlina what a superstar. Go for gold girl 

[bharathh]

Cmon Indian ladies.. Hockey up next. They are still in it if they can beat the Irish and the South Africans.. Best of luck!

[Gollum]

Turkish boxer is world champion and top seed, Lovlina won bronze in the edition where the Turkish got gold, anyway happy with bronze. If a win happens, good, no expectation. 

[Dery]

Well done ladies  

[Gollum]

Hope Deepika adds to the tally today.

 

Nervous about Sindhu's match.

[deepdynamo]

Stage all set for Deepika Kumari at 11: 30 IST in her Archery QF.

 

Its now or never for Deepika I guess. She has been competing in Olympics since 2012.

 

Time to shine. Need some luck also.

 

 

[Vickydev]

When is Dutee Chand on?

[bharathh]

3 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Stage all set for Deepika Kumari at 11: 30 IST in her Archery QF.

 

Its now or never for Deepika I guess. She has been competing in Olympics since 2012.

 

Time to shine. Need some luck also.

 

 

It's show up or ship out. All the top 8 have been awesome in the prev round as I posted earlier. All deserved qtr finalists. No easy opponents here.

 

Best of luck to Deepika. 

[bharathh]

Just now, Vickydev said:

When is Dutee Chand on?

In a bit - needs to finish top 3 in her heat. Has a Jamaican and Swiss lady who have better times this season and a Nigerian with similar times.. 

[bharathh]

Just now, bharathh said:

In a bit - needs to finish top 3 in her heat. Has a Jamaican and Swiss lady who have better times this season and a Nigerian with similar times.. 

Actually the heat is over.. Chand finishes second last. way behind the top 3.. the ppl I mentioned above qualified.

[Cricketics]

1 minute ago, bharathh said:

In a bit - needs to finish top 3 in her heat. Has a Jamaican and Swiss lady who have better times this season and a Nigerian with similar times.. 

 

Her hear is already done. She did not make it. 

[Cricketics]

[ShoonyaSifar]

Just now, bharathh said:

In a bit - needs to finish top 3 in her heat. Has a Jamaican and Swiss lady who have better times this season and a Nigerian with similar times.. 

Race done. She's out. Disappointing timings. For these events, with such strong competition, a national record or personal best is the best we can hope for. Duttee ran 11.54s, way below her PB of 11.17

[Cricketics]

Ganpathy and Thakkar’s sailing event starting soon in 10-15 mins approx. 

[Gollum]

'Whenever I train, Olympics is right in my mind. It is my father's dream': Lovlina Borgohain

 

In the world ring, she has been having a problem against one particular opponent. Lovlina tends to hit a roadblock when it comes to facing Chinese Taipei's reigning world champion Chen Nien-chin. Lovlina lost to Nien-chen in the semifinals of last year's World Championships 0-4 and also in the quarterfinal at the Asian Championships earlier this year, 0-5."The problem with me is I am losing to the same opponent every time, Chen Nien-chin. I have problem only with her, not with other boxers," admitted Lovlina.

 

"I also know that I can win against her. I am working on the psychology aspect of it. I have to change my mental approach when facing Nien-chin and go with a different mindset. It is not that I cannot win against her. I am working at it.

 

Today our girl beat her nemesis, at the biggest stage!!!!!!

[bharathh]

Kudos to Lovlina.. Hope she doesn't settle for the Bronze.. She looked very poised in the ring. I feel she looked better than the Turkish lady - hopeful that she beats her in the semis

[Gollum]

From the same article

 

Humble background 

Despite her recent success, Lovlina still has a humble living in her hometown Golaghat, where she resides with her parents and falls back upon them for financial support.

The 1.77m-tall boxer has had all the backing and encouragement from her parents, with her father a small-time businessman and mother a home maker. Her humble background includes her household managing from her father's meagre salary of Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 per month."The home situation was not good financially. Yet, my parents and my twin sisters supported me in boxing. They told me to make a career in boxing. I am here for my parents," says Lovlina, proud of the way her career is progressing.

Timely help and recognition came from Sports Authority of India (SAI), who absorbed Lovlina when she was in Class 9. There was no looking back since. One whose interest in sport began through kickboxing, which she practiced for one year, she credits this martial art form for making her fit in boxing.

Family's sacrifice

The burning desire to represent at the Olympics is becoming greater by the day for Lovlina. "My father has sacrificed a lot. He has not thought about himself. He just wanted his daughters to come up. Olympics has been my parents' dream and I am working towards it." Since I came into boxing, I have only been dreaming of Olympics and training towards it. From the time I started in 2012, I thought of making it to the 2016 Olympics but could not. Now the focus is on 2020. Whenever I train, Olympics is right in my mind. It is my father's dream," she said.

Lovlina is pleased with the kind of training she is receiving from SAI and also the international exposure from time to time."Besides the training that SAI is giving, I push myself. I don't want to leave any stone unturned in achieving the Olympics dream. We keep going out for training. We went to Italy, then Ireland. In 2018, we went to England and Australia. We get training in every situation and we also get to adjust according to our opponents. That way, the BFI has been of immense help. And, with regular competitions, our performances improve," said Lovlina.

An ardent fan of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, Lovlina has not modelled her punches on any particular boxer."I like Tyson's style of boxing. I like Ali as he is tall and I am also tall. That said, you cannot become a perfect boxer by following anyone. Everyone's game is different. I watch videos of professional boxers and pick up points from them and apply in my game which I feel is necessary."

 

Made her parents proud, made 1.3 billion Indians proud 

[Vickydev]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

'Whenever I train, Olympics is right in my mind. It is my father's dream': Lovlina Borgohain

 

In the world ring, she has been having a problem against one particular opponent. Lovlina tends to hit a roadblock when it comes to facing Chinese Taipei's reigning world champion Chen Nien-chin. Lovlina lost to Nien-chen in the semifinals of last year's World Championships 0-4 and also in the quarterfinal at the Asian Championships earlier this year, 0-5."The problem with me is I am losing to the same opponent every time, Chen Nien-chin. I have problem only with her, not with other boxers," admitted Lovlina.

 

"I also know that I can win against her. I am working on the psychology aspect of it. I have to change my mental approach when facing Nien-chin and go with a different mindset. It is not that I cannot win against her. I am working at it.

 

Today our girl beat her nemesis, at the biggest stage!!!!!!

Yeah she came off the blocks with a motive tonight, caught the Taipei girl out.

[Real McCoy]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Padosis on either side won't win medals in next 2 decades at least, no structure, no support. 

Lack of structure or support doesn't prevent kosovo or mogolia from winning more medals that us. we should be winning at least a few to stay comfortably ahead of them and not rest on Asian sides past failures from being complacent. India should be competing with China to be honest. If not atleast win a few gold medals

[Cricketics]

1 minute ago, Real McCoy said:

Lack of structure or support doesn't prevent kosovo or mogolia from winning more medals that us. we should be winning at least a few to stay comfortably ahead of them and not rest on Asian sides past failures from being complacent. India should be competing with China to be honest. If not atleast win a few gold medals

more than Government I blame society’s peer pressure, our culture etc.