Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte (R) of India during the women's
Flyweight boxing round of 16 of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the ExCel Arena
in London. (AFP)
In the blue corner, 'Magnificent' Mary Kom. Also in the blue corner, one
billion Indians... and counting.
India beat Sri Lanka in an ODI series in Sri Lanka. Quite easily. And the cricket-mad nation seemed to hardly bat an eyelid (or be bowled over, to stretch a pun).
That is the effect the Londong 2012 Olympics is having on the nation.
As hosts Great Britain celebrated sporting heroes that were not footballers for a change, India celebrated its new billion-backed babies – Saina Nehwal, already a bronze medal winner in badminton and now world boxing champion Mary Kom.
Women boxers brought an end to the last all-male sport at the Olympics when they fought for the first time on Sunday.
And nobody is more fearsome or dangerous in the ring than Mary Kom.
India's five-time world champion Mary Kom, is one of the pioneers of women's boxing, and she welled up with tears of pride and relief when she left the ring on Sunday.
India beat Sri Lanka in an ODI series in Sri Lanka. Quite easily. And the cricket-mad nation seemed to hardly bat an eyelid (or be bowled over, to stretch a pun).
That is the effect the Londong 2012 Olympics is having on the nation.
As hosts Great Britain celebrated sporting heroes that were not footballers for a change, India celebrated its new billion-backed babies – Saina Nehwal, already a bronze medal winner in badminton and now world boxing champion Mary Kom.
Women boxers brought an end to the last all-male sport at the Olympics when they fought for the first time on Sunday.
And nobody is more fearsome or dangerous in the ring than Mary Kom.
India's five-time world champion Mary Kom, is one of the pioneers of women's boxing, and she welled up with tears of pride and relief when she left the ring on Sunday.
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