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Asian Women’s Boxing Championships 2017
November 9 , 2017
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- Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist Mary Kom clinched her fifth gold medal in Asian Women’s Boxing Championships in Light Flyweight (48 kg) category, held at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
- World Championship silver-medallist Sonia settled for silver for the second time at this event after losing to China’s Yin Junhua.
- India signed off with a gold, a silver and five bronze medals at the continental showpiece.
- This was Mary Kom’s first international gold medal since the 2014 Asian Games
- For Mary Kom’s outstanding contribution to sport of boxing, she has been awarded Padma Bhushan (2013), Padma Shree (2010) and Arjuna Award for Boxing (2003).
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