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Asian Games: Boxer Mary Kom eyes that missing gold medal

<p>India boxer storms into semi-finals to assure herself of a bronze, but is keen on winning gold to add to her five World Championships and London Olympics bronze</p>

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India's Mary Kom is declared the winner in the round-of-16 against Korea's Kim Yeji on Saturday. Pic/PTI

India's Mary Kom is declared the winner in the round-of-16 against Korea's Kim Yeji on Saturday. Pic/PTI

Incheon: Mary Kom has more gold medals than she cares to remember, though each one has a story of its own. But her amazing collection still misses a gold medal from the Asian Games. The 31-year-old mother of three, whose biopic has been a big success back home, is still hunting for medals.

India's Mary Kom is declared the winner in the round-of-16 against Korea's Kim Yeji on Saturday. Pic/PTI
India's Mary Kom is declared the winner in the round-of-16 against Korea's Kim Yeji on Saturday. Pic/PTI 

Mary Kom, whose full name is Mangte Chungneijang Mark Kom, has an Olympic bronze to go with five world titles besides four from Asian Women's Championships and one each from Indoor Asian Games and Asian Cup, but there is only one bronze from Asian Games in 2010, when women's boxing was introduced in the Asiad.

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