Mary Kom Strikes Asiad Boxing Gold

INCHEON: India's M.C. Mary Kom clinched the gold medal in the women's flyweight (48-51kg) boxing competition of the 17th Asian Games.

Mary, a five-time World Champion, defeated Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova 2-0, with one judge scoring the bout 38-38.

Mary Kom, a five- time world champion who had won the Bronze Medal at the London Olympic Games has created a history for being the first Indian Women Boxer to have won an individual medal in the Olympics.

Mary Kom's journey to the top of women's world boxing has been a tough one. With all she has done for the sport, very few people have acknowledged her feats. Motivated by famous Manipuri boxer Dingko Singh, an Asian Games gold medalist, Mary Kom gave up books for boxing gloves.

But she had to hide her interests from her family. All that changed after her success in the Manipur state women's boxing championship in 2000.

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