Mary Kom assured of medal on CWG debut

Press Trust of India  |  Gold Coast 

Five-time world champion M C (48kg) assured herself of a medal on debut at by advancing to the semifinals here today.

The 35-year-old Olympic bronze-medallist quite literally sailed past Scotland's to make the last-four stage with a 5-0 win.

Her win assured the Indian boxing contingent of its first CWG medal.

Mary Kom, a sitting Rajya Sabha MP, will face Sri Lanka's in the semifinal on April 11.

The Indian veteran is the favourite to claim the gold medal in her weight category, which would be her third in the last five months.

She had won gold medals at the Asian Championships, before settling for a silver at the boxing tournament in

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First Published: Sun, April 08 2018. 08:30 IST