"VAN" (GC2018 Sports Desk) :: The lady who makes India strong, the strongest lady of India. The name that’s synonymous with grit, determination, hard work and success i.e. MC Mary Kom.
A woman who has made the nation proud on countless occasions, the most prominent one being the London Olympics held in 2012, where she won a bronze medal in the 51kg category. This time around, in a hope to replicate some of her most celebrated performances in the ring, she’ll look to bag a medal with maximum on the podium in what will be her first and last Commonwealth Games.
Mary Kom needs only a single victory to secure a place on podium on the top GC2018, as she’s been pitted against Scotland’s Megan Gordon in the quarterfinals of the 48kg category, a draw which features only 8 boxers. Her run-up to the Gold Coast Games has been a good one, seeing that she struck her fifth gold in the Asian Boxing Championship held in Vietnam in November last year. Although this is her first Commonwealth Games, the 35-year old has been a seasoned campaigner in the Asian Games, wherein she’s won a bronze and a gold in the 2010 and 2014 editions respectively.
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