Assam gives Rs 1 cr cash reward to bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain has been offered the post of the deputy SP in the Assam Police.

At a felicitation programme held in her home state on Thursday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma honoured Lovlina Borgohain with a cash reward of Rs 1 crore for winning bronze in boxing at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

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The Chief Minister said the state government had also decided to give Borgohain, the first person to bring an Olympic medal to the state, Rs 1 lakh monthly as a scholarship till the Paris Olympic in 2024 as “she has set her eyes on winning a gold there”.

A road in Guwahati would also be named after her. Four coaches --- Prashanta Das, Padum Barua, Sandhya Gurung and Rafael Gamavaska --- who were a part of Lovlina’s boxing journey, will be honoured with Rs 10 lakh each as a token of gratitude from the people of Assam, the Chief Minister said.

He announced that a sports complex with a boxing academy would be set up in the Sarupathar constituency under which her village Baro Mukhiya falls in Golaghat district to groom many more rural talents.

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“Lovlina has etched her name in gold in the pages of the state’s history by bringing the first (Olympic) medal to the state. We are very proud of her and on behalf of all people of the state, I congratulate and thank her,” Sarma said.

Lovlina said though she brought a medal for the country and did not return empty-handed, she felt sad for failing to win gold. The boxer promised the people of Assam that she would bring gold from the Paris Olympics.

-PTC News with inputs from agencies