Shocking! Mary Kom dropped from Indian boxing squad for Commonwealth Games

In a stunning turn of events fivetime World Champion and Olympic bronzemedallist M C Mary Kom was today left out of the threemember Indian womens boxing squad for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow from July 23 to August 3Mary Kom who was on comeback trail after taking an almost twoyearlong break due to the birth of her third child lost to Pinki Jangra 51kg in the finals of the threeday selection trials which concluded in Patiala todayWorld Champion women boxer MC Mary Kom R with and Vanlal Duati in action during the selection trails for Commonwealth Games 2014 at NSNIS in Patiala on WednesdayIt was a close bout and I wish Pinki all the best I hope she brings India a medal a disappointed Mary Kom told PTI after the setbackA source told PTI that the bout between Pinki and Mary Kom was evenstevens for most parts but the youngster from Haryana got the selectors nod for her sheer aggression and agile footworkThis is the biggest breakthrough of my career I respect Mary didi a lot she has been an inspiration for us I am very excited to get this opportunity and would look to make the most of it Jangra told PTII think I beat Mary didi because I have been an active camper and she was coming back after a break So I managed to catch her offguard she saidWomens boxing will be making its debut in three weight categories at the CWG two years after the breakthrough in the London OlympicsThe other boxers who were selected in the womens squad are former World Championship silvermedallist L Sarita Devi 60kg and Pooja Rani 75kgThe 24yearold Jangra is an Asian Championships silvermedallist and had first burst into the scene by beating Mary Kom at the 2009 National ChampionshipsI am the youngest child in the family and initially when I started boxing after being inspired by my brother my parents were very protective of me But eventually they came around said JangraAn eightmember mens team was also finalised today but there were hardly any surprises in the lineup with former Olympic and World Championships bronzemedallist Vijender Singh getting the nod for his third CWG Vijender who has a silver and a bronze medal from his previous CWG outings in 2006 and 2010 respectively was the expected choice for middleweight 75kgThe mens team has been pruned to eight because the CWG organisers have stated that since womens boxing would be making its debut in Glasgow each country would be allowed only 11 boxers It was left to us which categories we wanted to leave out a selector said So we decided to women in all three weight categories while leaving out 52kg and 60kg from the mens divisions he addedAlso making the mens squad were Olympians and Asian medallist L Devendro Singh 49kg Shiva Thapa 52kg and Sumit Sangwan 81kg Rising name and forner CWG goldmedallist Akhil Kumars protege Mandeep Jangra was the pick for 69kg divisionIn the heavier weight divisions Olympian and former Asian Games silvermedallist Dinesh Kumar 91kg and Praveen More 91kg would be representing India at the quadrennial megaevent At the 2010 edition which was held in Delhi Indian men had fetched seven medals including three gold and four bronze