Tokyo Olympics 2020: Six-time world champion Mary Kom loses to Colombia's Valencia in pre-quarters

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India today saw a shocking defeat as six-time world champion M C Mary Kom lost it to Colombia's Ingrit Valencia in Boxing Women's Flyweight (48-51kg) Preliminaries Round of 16 on Thursday. With this, India lost the hope of winning the second medal at Tokyo 2020. She went down to 2016 edition’s bronze-medallist Ingrit Valencia in the fiercely-fought match here on Thursday. Also Read | Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian Men’s Hockey Team, Boxer Satish Kumar in quarterfinals The 38-year-old Mary Kom, who is a multiple-time Asian champion and a bronze-winner from the 2012 London Olympics, lost in what would now be her final Olympic bout. Also Read | India at Tokyo 2020: Full list of athletes qualified for Olympics Kom had tears in her eyes and a wide smile when the referee raised Valencia’s hand at the end of the bout.

The two were attacking each other from the word go. Mary Kom fought back to claim the second and the third round by 2-3 margins however, the slender edge that Valencia took in the opening round tilted the final scores in her favour. Kom landed her right hooks to perfection in the second and third rounds. Earlier, the Indian boxer had beaten Valencia in the 2019 world championship quarterfinals. Just like Mary Kom, Valencia is a trailblazer for her country. Valencia is the first female boxer to represent Colombia at the Olympic Games. Also, she is the nation’s first female boxer to win an Olympic medal. -PTC News