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Some Indian stalwarts, who have carved a niche for themselves in their chosen discipline, will be watching the action from home due to different reasons.
Mary Kom had returned home March 13 and was supposed to be in self-isolation for a minimum of 14 days. However, on March 18, she attended the breakfast hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Second-seeded Mary Kom notched up a comfortable 5-0 win over Philippines' Irish Magno in her quarterfinal bout for a ticket to her second Olympic Games.
The Olympic bronze medallist pugilist decimated Australian April Franks 5-0.
That decision has been criticised by 23-year-old fellow flyweight Nikhat Zareen, who says that Kom should have to go through trials.
Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the group, which also comprises Ukrainian legend Vasyl Lamachenko (Europe), a two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist who now plies his trade in the professional circuit, and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz (Americas) among others.
Six-time champion Mary Kom surpassed herself as the most successful boxer in the history of the Women's World Championship, securing an unprecedented eighth medal by advancing to the semifinals of the 51 kg category.
Sixth-seeded Rani defeated Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 4-1 in her semifinal bout.
The Haryana boxer, who was seeded sixth, went down 1-4 to the second-seeded Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva in the light flyweight final.
Tension was palpable inside the boxing hall before and after the bout owing to the bitter row triggered by Zareen's public demand for a trial.
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