They call her Magnificient Mary and MC Mary Kom lived up to that moniker with a brilliant performance as she led the Indian boxing squad to their best ever performance in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday. The level of competition in the Commonwealth Games may not be the toughest and there were only eight comptetiors in the light flyweight (45-48kg) class, but Mary Kom still came up with a superb performance to bag the gold medal. With Mary Kom starting the gold rush, Gaurav Solanki and Vikas Krishan too won gold medals while Amit Phagal, Manish Kaushik and Satish Kumar claimed silver medals. India had won three bronze medals on Friday, thus the tally of three gold, three silver and three bronze medals make it India’s best-ever performance in Commonwealth Games boxing competition. Gaurav Solanki impressed in winning the men’s 52kg gold as he defeated Brendan Irvine 4-1 on points in a split decision.

Source: Hindustan Times April 14, 2018 02:28 UTC