Six-time world champion Mary Kom wondered why she was asked to change her ring dress a minute before her quarter-final bout against Rio 2016 bronze medalist Ingrit Valencia. Mary Kom lost the fight 3-2 in a split decision.
India’s Mery Kom after her 51kg women’s flyweight boxing match against Columbia’s Ingrit Lorena Valencia (Courtesy: AP)
A day after losing to Columbia’s Ingrit Valencia in the round of 32, India’s boxer MC Mary Kom is looking for an explanation for why she was asked to change her ring dress a minute before her quarter-finals.
The great boxer Mary Kom left the Tokyo Olympics heartbreaking after losing to Ingrit Victoria Valencia of Colombia in the former Olympic medalists battle on Thursday. It was a close fight between two mothers. And the split decision (3-2) is in favor of Valencia.
“Surprisingly… can someone explain to me what a ring dress will be? I was asked to change my ring dress, just a minute before my fight in front of the Qtr someone can explain it, ”wrote Mary on Twitter.
Surprisingly .. can someone explain what a ring dress will be. I was asked to change my ring dress, just a minute before my pre-Qtr fight someone can explain this to me. @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @KirenRijiju @iocmedia @Olympia pic.twitter.com/b3nwPXSdl1
– MC Mary Kom OLY (@MangteC) July 30, 2021
Mary could be seen smiling and raising her hands after the judges’ decision was announced. The 38-year-old six-time world champion said she only realized she lost after seeing former Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju’s tweet about her fight.
“I thought I won the fight. Then I saw Kiren Rijiju’s tweet about my defeat on social media, I was shocked and upset afterwards. I don’t know what to say, I can’t believe that such a decision was made became.” “Said Mary India Today.
“When I walked into the doping center to give my sample after the fight, even then I couldn’t believe I lost. My coach tried to tell me I won, but I can’t understand what that means.
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“I can’t even protest because we’ve been told that this is not allowed at these Olympics. Things like that have happened to me in other competitions in the past. That wasn’t the case at this Olympics alone. Something similar happened to me in the last world boxing championships, too, “she said.
The irrepressibly optimistic Kom, who grew up from a poor Manipur childhood and defied her father’s initial skepticism about boxing for six-time amateur world champion, reacted to her defeat with sportiness and pragmatism.
The international boxing federation currently limits boxers in its competitions to 40 years, but is suspended for this Olympic cycle after years of problems. Even if the governing body is reinstated to oversee the Paris Olympics, it has in the past shown its openness to raising the age limit, especially when a prominent fighter is interested in pursuing an Olympic course.
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