Digital Desk: Boxer Lovlina
Borgohain, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, posted a lengthy
message on Twitter on Monday in which she claimed she had experienced
"mental harassment" as a result of her coaches' repeated exclusion
from her training sessions. Her coaches were instrumental in her Olympic
victory. She added that Sandhya Gurung, her coach, is temporarily barred from
entering the Commonwealth Games Village.
"My Olympic coaches who helped
me win a medal have always been taken out of my training and competition.
Sandhya Gurung ji, one of these coaches, is also a Dronacharya honoree. They
are consistently permitted to be late for my training despite countless
requests. This interferes with my training and causes me a lot of problems and
mental anguish.
"At this time, my coach Sandhya
Gurung ji is not permitted to enter the Commonwealth Village, and my training
has been halted eight days before the Games. Despite my repeated requests, my
other coach was sent back to India. I'm not sure how I'm meant to concentrate
on my game. My performance in the most recent global championships was
similarly damaged by this circumstance. I don't want politics to sabotage the
Commonwealth Games as well. I'm hoping I can get over the politics and bring
home a medal for my nation. "Jai Hind," wrote Lovlina in her blog
entry.
In the women's boxing 70 kg division at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Lovlina will be fighting.
In the 69 kg division of women's boxing at the Tokyo Olympics, she took home a bronze medal.
After Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom, Lovlina became just the third boxer from India to win an Olympic medal.
