MC Mary Kom Enters Semis of Women's World Boxing Championships

MC Mary Kom Enters Semis of Women's World Boxing Championships

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MC Mary Kom Enters Semis of Women's World Boxing ChampionshipsMC Mary Kom

New Delhi, October 10, 2019:

Manipur's ace pugilist MC Mary Kom on Thursday has entered the semi-finals of the Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ulan Ude in Russia. She also assured at least a bronze medal in the newly-introduced 51kg category. Mary Kom defeated Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia 5-0 to reach the semi-final.

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In the process, the 3rd seed athlete also became the first boxer in the history of World Championships to win 8 world meet medals. She had tied Cuban men's legend Felix Savon after winning the gold in the 48kg category in New Delhi in 2018.

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This will also be Mary Kom's first World Championships medal in the 51kg category as the Indian Olympic medallist looks to seal a Tokyo Olympic Games berth in the new weight category.  So far, MC Mary Kom has 6 gold medals and a silver at the World Championships. Mary Kom will next face 2nd seeded Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey on Saturday.

Cakiroglu is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. She defeated Cai Zongju of China in her quarterfinal bout, just after Mary Kom's impressive victory in Russia.

Mary was adjudged winner on points after she got a scoreline of 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: Oct 10, 2019
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