KWA Langol congratulates Mary Kom
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, September 20 2018:
The Kuki Welfare Association, Langol heartily congratulated Chungneij ang Mary Kom Hmangte, better known as Mary Kom, a five time World Amateur Boxing Champion, for winning gold recently in the 13th International Silesian Women's Boxing Championships in Gliwice, Poland.
Lunsei Touthang, chairman of Kuki Welfare Association Langol said in a congratulatory note that the Rajya Sabha MP, Mary Kom is the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.
He also said that Mary Kom and her family had shifted at Phaipijang, Langol from National Games Village and it is a matter of proud and joy for her Veng mite (colony members) to have such noble and generous sportsperson and also an MP in Rajya Sabha as a proud member of Phaipijang.
To clinch gold in the 13th International Silesian Women's Boxing Championships in Gliwice, Poland in 48 Kg category, Mary Kom beat Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kassanayeva 5-0 in the final of the boxing event, he said.
While expressing happiness and excitement, he wished the famed boxer success and showered blessing for her future endeavours.