Boxing great MC Mary Kom denies reports of retirement, says hunger of achieving still alive
First Published: 25th January, 2024 10:54 IST
Mary Kom, as per the ANI, said that she was misquoted by a section of news media outlets.
Boxing great MC Mary Kom has denied media reports stating that she had retired from the arena. Clarifying the matter, Mary Kom stated to ANI that she was misquoted.
ANI in a post on X quoting the former 6-time World Champion said, “I have gone through some media reports stating that I have announced retirement and this is not true. I was attending a school event in Dibrugarh on 24 January 2024 wherein I was motivating children and I said “I still have hunger of achieving in sports but the age limit in Olympics doesn’t allow me to participate though I can carry on with my sport. I am still focusing on my fitness and whenever I will announce retirement I will inform everyone.”
MC Mary Kom is a 6-times AIBA World Women’s Boxing Champion. For her excellence in the field of boxing, MC Mary Kom has been bestowed with the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Padma Shri, Padma Bhusan, Padma Vibhushan.
She won the Bronze at the 2012 London Olympics the first time that women’s boxing was part of the Olympic Games.
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