New Delhi: Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom yesterday questioned the rationale behind the rule which did not allow her to lodge a protest after her semi-final loss in the recent World Championships. "Our protest was not considered as it was a 1-4 verdict. I don't know what this rule is, that you cannot file an appeal if it is 1-4," Mary Kom said on the sidelines of a felicitation function by the Sports Ministry.

"If deserving winners are made to lose, it does not do the sport any good," said Mary Kom, 36, who won her maiden 51kg medal, a bronze, in the just-concluded World Championships in Russia.