Winning Bronze "Big Achievement", Will Try To Win Gold At Next 2 Olympics: Lovlina Borgohain To NDTV

Tokyo Olympics: India's Olympic medal-winning boxer Lovlina Borgohain told NDTV that while winning the bronze was a big achievement, her aim now is to win gold medals at the next two Olympics.

India's Olympic bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain said that while she is happy to win a medal for India at the Tokyo Games, her aim was to secure gold at not just in Tokyo but the at the next two Games as well. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Borgohain spoke about the road ahead after the Tokyo Olympics and how she motivated herself to compete at the Games even as her mother battled a kidney ailment. Borgohain said she could meet her mother only once while she was being treated and couldn't visit her home in Golaghat district of Assam for more than a year.  "My parents are very happy. They haven't even had the time to speak with me as there have been so many people at my home. I have only spoken to them for one or two minutes because of the crowd at home," Borgohain told NDTV.  "My mother was suffering from a kidney ailment, and I still feel sad that I couldn't be with her when she wasn't well. I went to her the day she had her operation but couldn't meet her. They don't allow you to meet for a few days after the operation.