India's MC Mary Kom popularly known as 'Magnificent Mary' today entered the semifinals of
flyweight category (51 kg) boxing assuring India a medal at London
Olympics today.
She
defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia.
In her bout on Sunday, 'Magnificent Mary', the five-time World Champion dominated
proceedings from the start and gave a superb exhibition of aggressive
boxing to outpunch the Polish in her opening bout.On
Sunday, Mary Kom stormed into the quarterfinals with a comfortable
19-14 victory over Poland's Karolina Michalczuk at the ExCel arena.With
a sizable Indian crowd cheering for her, the 29-year-old Mary went into
attacking mode straightaway as she unleashed a flurry of punches, but
her Polish rival defended well, not allowing the Indian to score many
points in the first round which ended 3-3.Mary
got plenty of support from the crowd, mainly the Indians, who kept
chanting 'India, India' and 'Mary Kom, Mary Kom' as she kept herself in
medal reckoning.
Mary Kom said, "It
was a good way to start, the whole country was praying for this win.
There were lot of people of all religion who were praying for me and I
am happy that I have crossed the first hurdle," Mary said after the win.
She
defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a total score of 15-6. Mary
Kom won the bout comprehensively 15-6, with scores of 2-1, 3-2, 6-1 and
4-2 giving ample account of domination.
She will now lock horns with Nicola Adams of Great Britain in the semifinal.
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