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Qualifying for Rio tough, winning a medal tougher: Mary Kom

Gearing up to make the Olympic cut for a second successive time, star Indian woman boxer said it would be no walk in the park to fetch a medal even if she qualifies for next year's Games in Rio de Janeiro

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Mary Kom

Mary Kom

New Delhi: Gearing up to make the Olympic cut for a second successive time, star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom yesterday said it would be no walk in the park to fetch a medal even if she qualifies for next year's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Mary Kom. Pic/Suresh KK
Mary Kom. Pic/Suresh KK 

Mary Kom, who won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Games where women's boxing made its Olympic debut, said Rio would be a tougher proposition given that the size of draw is expected to be bigger. "Qualifying for the Rio Games would be tough and winning a medal would be even tougher. I am trying all I can to qualify for the Games," said the pugilist who was here to felicitate podium-finishers of the recent Special Olympic Games where India claimed 173 medals.

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