Viral News / Mary Kom out of Tokyo Olympics, loses in pre-quarterfinals

New Delhi. Indian female boxer MC Mary Kom has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. In the pre-quarterfinals, he lost to Boxer of Colombia. Mary Kom lost 2-3 to Colombia's boxer Valencia in the pre-quarterfinals. Valencia showed an amazing game in this match of 51 kg category. Valencia, who won the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, won the first round but in the next round, 6-time world champion Mary Kom made a comeback in both the rounds. They won both the next rounds 3-2. The margin of their defeat in the first round was quite high.

Let us tell you that Mary Kom was also a big contender for the medal from India, but this experienced boxer could get only one victory in Tokyo and lost in the second match. Surprisingly, Mary Kom was wearing a flat blue boxing jersey in which the name of India was not printed. The reason for this has not been revealed yet. Let us tell you that Mary Kom won the bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics. At the Tokyo Olympics, India's flag bearer Mary Kom defeated Miguela Hernandez of the Dominican Republic 4-1 in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics. On the other hand, Valencia got a bye in the first round.Mary Kom was considered a contender for victory in this match as her ranking was better than Valencia. Mary Kom is the world's number 7 boxer, while Valencia's ranking is 11. The last time Mary Kom and Valencia met was during the quarter-finals of the World Championships in 2019. Mary Kom won that match 5-0 in a one-sided fashion, but this time Valencia won.

Mary Kom may have lost but two boxers are close to medals. In the 75 kg category, Pooja Rani has made it to the quarterfinals. Winning a match will ensure his bronze medal. In the 91 kg category, Satish Kumar has also made it to the quarter-finals. Boxer Lovlina is also one win away from the medal in the 69kg category.