Mary Kom slams Boxing Task Force after Games Exit

TIL Desk Sports/ Six-time World champion M C Mary Kom slammed the International Olympic Committee’s Boxing Task Force for “poor judging” after losing her flyweight (51kg) pre-quarter-final at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.

The Indian icon was beaten by Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia despite winning two of the three rounds. The Task Force is conducting the boxing competition in Tokyo after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the IOC for alleged misgovernance and financial wrongdoing.

“I don’t know and understand this decision; what’s wrong with the Task Force? What’s wrong with the IOC?” she asked, during a telephonic interview, after the 2-3 defeat. “I was also a member of the Task Force. I was even giving them suggestions and supporting them in ensuring a clean competition. But what have they done this with me?”

The 38-year-old, a multiple Asian champion who was eyeing her second Olympic medal after the bronze at the 2012 London Games, said Thursday evening’s loss did not sink in even after she had gone for her dope test.