Mary Kom clinched her maiden Commonwealth Games gold in the CWG 2018 being held in Gold Coast, Australia.
- She has become the 1st Indian woman to win a gold in the Commonwealth Games in any boxing event.
- She defeated Kristina O’Hara of Northern Ireland in the finals of the women’s 48 kg boxing finals at the CWG 2018 claiming an unanimous verdict of 5-0.
- The 35-year-old, five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom was participating in her maiden Commonwealth Games.
About MC Mary Kom
- Mary Kom is an Indian Olympic boxer hailing from the Kom tribe in Manipur.
- She is a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.
- She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and winning the bronze medal.
- She was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha by the President of India on 26th April 2016.
- In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed Mary Kom as national observer for boxing.
- She has been awarded with Padma Bhushan, Arjuna award, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award etc.
CWG 2018
- The 2018 Commonwealth Games are officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018.
- It is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that is currently being held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018.
- It is the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.
- The motto for CWG 2018 is “Share the Dream”.
- It will witness 275 events in 19 sports with an overall participation from 71 Commonwealth teams.
- Beach Volleyball, Para Triathlon and Women’s Rugby Sevens have made their Commonwealth Games debuts and for the first time at a Commonwealth Games, an equal number of men’s and women’s medal events were contested.
