Adding another feather to her winning cap, Mary Kom wins Gold for India in Commonwealth Games

Gold Coast, April 14: Entering the ring one last time, and earned what was hers. On 11th Day of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast today, MC Mary Kom won India's 18th Gold medal. The five-time world champion defeated Northern Ireland's 21-year old Kristina O'Hara in the women's 48kg boxing final. It is Mary Kom's first Commonwealth Games gold medal.

With the latest medal, India remains in the 3rd spot in medals tally with a haul of 18 Gold, 11 Silver and 14 Bronze.

Mary dominated O'Hara right from the beginning of the first round there are three rounds of three minutes each mixing caution with aggression as she tried to size her opponent up. The second round was more of an equal competition, with O'Hara trying to showcase good defence and composure despite being far lesser experienced than Mary, in what was the biggest bout of her life.

Mary is a five-time World Champion, an Olympic bronze medalist and has also won the Asian Championship five times. She is the only Indian boxer to medal at this edition of the Games after Pinki Rani, L Sarita Devi and Lovlina Borgohain failed to reach the medal rounds.

 

This medal took India's tally to 43, with Mary clinching boxing's first gold for India in this edition. With this win, Mary at 35 and a mother of three became the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Mary’s gold was followed by Amit Panghal losing his men’s 46-49kg bout to England’s Galal Yafai. He thus won silver and that was followed by Gaurav Solanki winning gold in the men’s 52 kg category.