The Indian wrestler missed out on scoring the first gold medal in wrestling for the country as he lost to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev Thursday.
Borgohain goes home a history-maker as the 23-year-old, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish.
The apex court had earlier ordered the Paralympics Committee of India to immediately include the five-time Paralympian shooter as an additional participant at the Tokyo Games.
The apex court noted submissions of advocate, appearing for the five-time Paralympian shooter, that 2 August was the last day for selection & three shooters can be sent together.
The 29-year-old equestrian knocked two fences in the jumping round to incur eight penalty points en route to finish 25th with an overall 47.2 penalty points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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