MARY KOM

About:

• In Boxing, M.C. Mary Kom created history after she defeated Ukraine's Hanna Okhota by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the women's 48-kilogram light flyweight final of the Women's World Championships in New Delhi.
  
  
• With this, Mary Kom became the first female boxer to win six gold medals at world championships.
  
  
• The 35-year-old Mary Kom from Manipur previously won the gold medal in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 editions of the Championships.
  
  
• This was her second Worlds crown on home soil and second in light flyweight. Her first four gold medals had come in pinweight.
  
  
• With six gold medals and a silver, Mary Kom now stands as the most successful woman boxer in the 17-year-old history of the event and equals legendary male boxer Cuban Felix Savon’s World championships record.