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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi on November 8, 2017, congratulated Indian Boxer Mary Kom on her gold at Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. The Prime Minister, according to a PIB release, said, “Congratulations Mary Kom for clinching the gold at the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. India is elated at your accomplishment.”
Mary Kom, 35, a Rajya Sabha Member and five-time world champion and Olympic bronze- medallist, made history by becoming the first boxer to claim five gold medals at the continental meet in the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh in 48 kg category on November 8.