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Fighting for India, and Against Prejudice
New York Times | Nida Najar | Dec. 26, 2014
MANGTE CHUNGNEIJANG MARY KOM, the most celebrated female boxer in India, grew up fighting.
But her rise has been punctuated by deep grievances, often against what she describes as a sports bureaucracy stacked against her and fellow boxers. At the Asian Games medal ceremony in October, another Manipuri boxer, Laishram Sarita Devi, tearfully refused her own bronze in the 60-kilogram category, protesting the judges’ decision to award the victory in a semifinal match to her Korean opponent. Ms. Devi was suspended by the International Boxing Association for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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