India’s five-time world champion Mary Kom beat Tunisia’s Maroua Rahali 2-1, 3-2, 6-1, 4-2, in the Olympic women’s boxing flyweight last 8 bout to guarantee India a medal at the quadrennial event. This win takes Mary Kom to semifinals of women 51kg boxing.Mary Kom showed her class in the third as she attacked with a flurry of combinations which had the Tunisian ducking and evading. Mary Kom had to fight hard in the first two bouts but showed her class in the third and fourth to seal her place in the semis. Mary Kom is assured of a bronze even if she loses in the semi-finals. Mary Kom’s husband Onler Kom said that the pugilist made the country proud after assuring the country its fourth Olympic medal from the 2012 London Games. “Every Indian will be proud of her. She was quite determined that she would do well and she has done that. She has won the medal she always wanted at last. She has always done well for her country,” Onler Kom told TV channels. Onler Kom also said that he spoke to his wife before the bout and told her to be careful. “I told her not to fight in a rough manner, to use all the technique. And she did well. This was the only thing missing from her career and now she has it,” he added. On Sunday, Mary Kom put on a valiant display as she downed a bigger Polish opponent Karolina Michalczuk to enter the quarterfinals of the 51 kg category.
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