dna has also reliably learnt that Kom failed to show up for the camp even after BI lodged its protest with Manipur, Mary Kom's home state. This, despite the fact that she was included in the camp as a 'special case' after failing to take part in the National Boxing Championship held in Raipur last year.
Will sporting icon MC Mary Kom's seeming 'indiscipline' result in her missing out on the 2016 Rio Olympics? The comment about her being 'indisciplined' comes from Boxing India, after Mary Kom, yet again, failed to attend the boxers' national camp, which is currently being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Delhi.
The star boxer has not taken part in any of the camps organised by BI after the 2014 Incheon Asian Games in Korea, where she won her first Asian Games gold. Senior BI officials have made it clear that unless she reports for the national camp and takes part in the trials, it would be meaningless to include her in the future camps, too. This development has grave implications for Indian sporting fans who have their hopes pinned on Kom for another podium finish.
dna has also reliably learnt that Kom failed to show up for the camp even after BI lodged its protest with Manipur, Mary Kom's home state. This, despite the fact that she was included in the camp as a 'special case' after failing to take part in the National Boxing Championship held in Raipur last year.
In recent years, the celebrated boxer has found herself embroiled in one controversy or the other. She has been getting a tough fight in her weight category from the young and agile Pinky Jhangra. It was her defeat to Pinky before the Commonwealth Games that created an unsavoury situation when the bout was termed 'rigged'. The sports ministry had then decided to set up a special panel before the Asian Games last year to oversee her trial bout against Pinky.
The trial bout was fiercely-contested, and Mary Kom qualified by a whisker. Her gold medal at Incheon, where her other teammate Sarita Devi was disqualified for showing dissent, not only saved India the blushes but also helped the five-time national champion to regain her confidence. Will she fritter away those gains now?
In case Mary Kom doesn't clear the air on her absence, there could well be a situation where India's hope of an Olympic medal in Rio may not even be allowed to participate in the coming tournaments. India's five-member women's boxing squad is scheduled to take part in the President Cup in Indonesia from April 18. The tournament has great significance in view of the upcoming Olympic qualifying events.
The Olympic qualifying tournaments will begin in December. The qualifying World Championship will take place in February 2016.
"Every boxer is the same for Boxing India. Mary Kom, being the senior-most boxer, had been given special treatment in the past, and even been given permission to skip the National Championship. But in this case, since there has not been any communication from her side, BI decided to exclude her name from the Camp," BI secretary general Jay Kawli said.
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