The boxing competition in the National Games, starting on the Mahatma Mandir campus here on Wednesday, got a shot in the arm with Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain making a last-minute decision to enter the competition.
Lovlina had been ruled out of the Games after injuring her nose during the trials for the Asian boxing championships, to be held in Amman from October 30 to November 13.
According to a Boxing Federation of India (BFI) source, the Assam Amateur Boxing Association (AABA) had replaced Lovlina, who had been advised three weeks rest, with international boxer Bhagyabati Kachari in the 75kg weight category but the Olympic medallist made a last minute request to include her in the National Games squad.
