how many titles do I have to win to be worthy enough for the Khel Ratna?" "(Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh) Dhoni gets a Khel Ratna for winning just one World Cup. I fail to understand why am I being ignored then," she fumed. And why should'nt she?, she is Four-times World Boxing Champion, and chucked out of Khel ratna award(India's biggest sports-athlete award) and made mockery of her dedication and passion towards her sports when Milkha singh remarked,"i dont know what game she plays, so i dont see reasons why i shuld process her name for Khel Ratna Award".Guess she needs to do cart-loads of ads on toothbrush, dresses ,ramps even if c is short (Dhoni is shorter for a guy so thats not a criteria i bet) and of-course the gig on her brains(it is very popular with dhoni where he manages back seat of un-named college in this ad)..maybe then,people and selection Team would catch the name of the sport where Mary Kom grilled her stone.
Born in Kangathei,Manipur, Mary Kom had to travel 40 kilometres everyday from Kangathei to the training centre in Imphal.Mary Kom dabbled in athletics and football before she was inspired by Dingko Singh’s performance at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. When MC Mary Kom started boxing, she had to convince her father that it was okay for a woman to try and storm what was considered a male bastion. Eight years and three World championship gold medals later, Mary Kom, now a mother of twins, had to convince herself that she still had some fight left in her.
Mary Kom’s comeback began at the Asian Championship in Guwahati where she won the silver.At the Nationals in early November she showed signs of getting back into the groove. She took the gold. But the big test was at Ningbo City, China, where the World Championship was held. Her fourth gold was the crowing glory, 10 years after she first entered the boxing ring.Coming from a small village this lady knew she had a purpose and sports was the medium as access to Higher education was'nt easily available.
"How can an athlete remain motivated if he or she is ignored like this," its time Indian system needs to see a change,and should change, maybe she is not educated but then in boxing ring we dont interview and spectators dont expect vocabulary n wise choose of words,they want action and adrenaline rush,after all sachin and dhoni dont hang their certificates along with the MRF/BOURNBITA tag ,on their jerseys.
2 comments:
Well, thatz politicization for you..When hockey, being the national game of India, is given a beggar's treatment, you really cant expect boxing to be at par with cricket..now can you?
very true,,but like i said,,our system needs to b changed...hoping something mite happen,,good something
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