The loose head gear problem persisted. Mary had faced it in her quarterfinal bout but it was in the semis that she had to pay a heavy price for it; while adjusting the head gear her opponent landed a punch on Mary's stomach.
Everything was against Mary - as her opponent stood 5-feet-6 against her 5-feet-2 and also weighed more while Mary had to pile up as she weighs around 48kg. The partisan home crowd and the Turkish referee Berna Yurtsever's biased officiating played a crucial role in her loss.
Mary's frustration doubled in the second round when the 22-year-old Ren kept pushing her down and locking her hand under her arm to put the breaks on the world champ's punching, the referee strangely deciding to keep cautioning Mary while turning a blind eye to her opponents ploy.
"I had my punches ready for her (opponent) but I had no answer for her holding tactics," Mary told TOI when contacted.
Since both boxers were southpaws, Mary's most potent weapon - the left hook - didn't get into the range of the target. Her taller opponent succeeded in keeping Mary at a distance. And each time Mary broke through, the Chinese adopted holding tactics.
"I tried everything, but more than punching, my opponent was running around the ring. I had to get inside and connect but at the end of the day I think it was not enough," said Mary.
Also, had Mary kept a shell-guard and utilised a burst of straight short punches while getting into the range of her taller opponent, things might have been different but that has always been the bane of Indian boxers. Had Mary not thrown caution to the wind and kept a tight guard, the Chinese would have been at the receiving end.
To sum it up, it was her poor height, excessive hooking and loose guard in the 3rd and 4th rounds that did the damage. Also, the scoring system appears to be a major puzzle as often; boxers who made full contact which fetch points as per AIBA rules strangely got none while just a tap from their opponents got a positive response from the judges. Eventually, it was the 2-3 points that she never got and also 2-3 gifted points that her opponent never scored that made the difference. Advantages of playing host.
~ TOI
Milan to kichepna’a freekick’a ball khet lutna hin nei, Ronaldo chun Mourinho noiya kichepna anei nachung’a lunglhai naneiyin tuchung Champions League jong aloiho to kitho’a, lahna neiding alung gel aseiyin ahi.
“Mourinho hi a-fuh lheh’e. Hilai mun’a ahunghi kaki pahlheh’e, ajeh chu ana tohsa (experience) hole titles pachanna ana neina hohi kaphatchom piuvin, ama noiya kichuhna nei kanop nathukanaseijingin, kaloiteho jong ama hunghi akipah lheh uvin ahi.
Champions League lahna kanei diuvin jong kakinem in ahi” ti’n Ronaldo chun ana seiyin ahi. Hiche World Player of the Year anala pahin club’a pachanna thilpoh lutna ding in aloi teho’n goljona neiya akichepna ho’u banjom pijing dingintemnalengehnaaneiyin ahi. Chule “Goljona neiding chu athupi pen ahi. Milan toh (Champions League’a) kichepnamatchchukipatepna hahlheh khat ahi, chule lamjui dih in kalson na inei’u avetsah e. Coachpa toh kaki pahlheh lhoninahi” ti’njongaseiyinahi. Ronaldo hin tuchung season’a Madrid ading in hatah’a kichepna, game 10 a goal 6 khetluna neiyin, anapang’e.
Marathon kum 2,500 lhinna chung’a mikhat km 2,200 lhaidoh
Kum 50 upa Mennel chu Panathenaic kichepna mun, marble stadium ahunglhun chun Greece culture and tourism minister Pavlos Geroulanous chun vailhun na, kin loupi khat’a, ana neipeh in ahi.
“Hilai kichepna mun stadium loupitah namun kahung lhun hin kipana lentah eipe’n ahi, chule hiche kei adia vailhun lamtona kin kibol hin jana kachang in kaki pahlheh’e” ti’n Mennel chun Reuters ana hetsah in ahi. Chule “Kalhei lai’a thuso media ho’n ei havel lheh le’uvin, hinla kaki thang atpi lheh’e. Hiche dia kichuhna kanei chu ahahlheh in ahi. Kalhai lai chun phatchom khat komle machine bon kihi lou’a, ki ngading hitam, katiji ko’m phatjong ana umin, ahin kalson machalna neina ding’a lungsung kiginna le kigon lhahna kanei jeh in ka banjom jing in ahi” ti’n jong ana seiyin ahi.
Mennel in achenna a-in Heilbronn, Germany lhanglhumlam apat, ni 27 sung’a hinlhai doh ding’a gotna ana neiya ahi’n, hinla ni 3 val in ana lhitjou in ahi. Hiche Mennel lhaina hi Marathon lhaina ahung kipat napa kumlhin na’a, Ellha nisim 31 ni’a 29th Athens Classic Marathon kin umna ding’a kichep golseh le kin jat tamtah kibolho lah’a pang’a ahi.
Lhajing (Aug) lha chun Greek marathon record nei Maria Polyzou kum 42 nuchun, Spartan te heng’a kithopina thum’a Athen sepoymi Pheidippides in ana lhaidohna km 520 jana peding in Athens apat Sparta gei, chule hilai mun’a pat ahungle lhaikit in ahi.
Hiche marathon lhai hung kipat dan thusim hi BC 490 phatlaiya Greek te’n Persia te chung’a galjona thupha
phong ding’a Pheidippides in Marathon mun’a pat Athens chan gei ana lhaina akonsa hung kipan ahi. Tukum a Athens Classic Marathon lhaina’a, masang a ana umkhalou record ding in lhaina neiding (athletes) mi 12,500 jen, gamdang apat hungkon 80%, alhing in, kum masa a 4,000 toh akikhe lheh in ahi.
Goa soccer kichepna ho’a cheerleaders um panta ding
Panaji, Oct 21 (PTI) : Goa khosung ho’a football kichepna tournament ho’a kichepve mipi ho lunglutna
lading le vetnom ding in, cheerleaders ho’n pan ahin neipan diu ahitai.
Jose Gomes, Secretary, All IndiaCheerleadingFederation (AICF) chun “Khangthah chapang tampi kichepna tournament jatchom chom’a cheerleaders panmun a apang in sum lona aneiyuvin ahi” ti’n PTI heng’a aseiyin ahi.
Ahin Gomes chun aseina’a hiche kichepna invang IPL kichepna’a cheerleaders von kivon lhombeh seh hotobang hilou ding, “phatah’a von kivon na aneidiu ahi. Hiche kichep golseh hi golseh phatah ahijeh in, minu le mipa tehon jong acha te’ ahinsol’u ahi. Hiche hi kichep jontha’n na ahipoi. Chule kivon nading lampang (dress-code) phatah in federation in aneiye, von kivon duhdah louna umthei ponte” ati tolhonin, “Khangthah chapang kum 12’a upa injong cheerleading panmun a pangthei ahi” ti’njong AICF Secretary puchun ana seiyin ahi.
Janardan Bhandari, AICF’a executive member chun “Goa mun’a cheerleading kitetna (competition) ana kineina achun Maharashtra akonsa hungkon team in pachanna aneiyin ahi” ati’n, chule tulai hin khangthah
tamtah in sum (pocket money) holna in cheerleaders panmun a pan na aneiyuve, ati.
Rooney in potdohna aneile Man U te kum 20 vaihom thaneina bei ding ahi: Mancini
Wayne Rooney hin club dalha’a potdohna tobang hin nei khale kum 20 phatsung football kichepna’a United vaihom thanei na kichai theiya ahi, ti’n ana sei’e. “Ama hi keiho ading’a Carlos Tevez bang’a United ading in
player phatah khat ahi.
Rooney akilhaso khah ule player thupi poimotah acha’n diu ahi. Chule United a Rooney, Tevez, Cristiano
Ronaldo holoi ana kicheplai’u geldohna kaneiye – ama ho chenghi leiset chung’a attacker nasapen ana hiuve, ti katah san’e. Hinla club khatseh in kum 15 val lang goljo pachanna aneijing theipoi, phatle hinkho ahung kikhel ji’n ahi. Phatsot tah goljo pachanna hin neijing ding tichu ahithei lou ahi” ti’n ana seidoh in ahi.
Mancini chun ahung lhung ding Tolbol (Jan) lha phatsung kilhehna transfer window’a lahlut peina neiding in kigotna kaneipoi, atichah kheh in ahi. Chule United to kihou matna (contact) umtam tia thu dohna achun Mancini in “A’umpoi, aum naisai poi, anai saipoi... kaki mupi khah hihbeh’e. Amahi United adia player phatah le poimo tah ahi’e. Amahi Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi le Carlos Tevez hobang in player tha hattah khat ahi. Kagel dan in leiset ahung kikhel jing in, player ho’n anop’ule kumseh’a ateam’u alhehthei’u ahi. Ahin kei lunggel invang Rooney hi Manchester United’a umnalai meithei in kagel e” ti’n ana seibe in ahi.
Club khonung dinmun ding thu ima jahna Chief Executive David Gill akon’a aneilou phat in Old Trafford dalha ding in Rooney chun suhchet na ana neita’n ahi, akiti’e.
Third ODI kichepna a kiven nalam hatah’a kisulen ding
Panaji, Ellha 21 (PTI) : Ellha nisim 24 nikhoa Australia le India ODI kichepna a-thum (3) nale anukhah achaina pen Nehru Stadium, Fatorda mun’a aum tengle boina ima a’um nalou ding in venna tohgon hatah’a suhkhou ahi nading in (security arrangement) aki gong in ahi.
Hiche’a ding chun tower 4, amasa pendia gotna a’umto lhonin, kichepve mipi holah’a boina semthei ho mandoh ding in mi 100 (plains clothes’a) kikoi ding ahi, ti’n GCA Presidebt Dayanand Narvekar chun
aseiyin ahi.
BCCIguidelines dungjuiyin kichepna mun stadium pam’a pansah, kiselna (bunkers) kikoi ding chule stadium sungle polam mun poimo dom ho’a CCTV jong kikoi ding ahi.
Kivenna security lam hatah’a kisulen ding, kotmun (entry point) jouse’a thih matdoh nathei (metal detector) ho kijang’a, ahunglut jouse jong kimei (frisk) ding ahi. Chule, numei ho’n sakhao le mobile phone ho akipoh lutthei diu, ahi’n camera hovangkiphalloudingahi, ti’n Narvekar chun aseibe in ahi.
The Manipuri, however, is unfazed by the challenge and said that she can pull it off riding on sheer willpower and experience.
Mary Kom (48kg), who returned on Tuesday after clinching a historic fifth World Championship title in Barbados, originally competed in the 46kg category.
She went up a couple of kilograms ahead of this year's World Championships and is all set to bulk up more to fight in the 51kg, one of the three weight categories to have got the International Olympic Committee's nod for the Olympics and Asian Games.
Back after a gruelling journey, Mary Kom will tomorrow head to the ring once again for the second phase of trials. The initial trials before the World Championships were deemed "inconclusive" by the Indian Boxing Federation.
"I don't have any problem in putting on weight. I have 10 years of experience in international boxing. I'm a mentally strong boxer and have the willpower to continue competing," the 27-year-old mother-of-two from Manipur told reporters.
The IBF was willing to delay the trials by a week to give Mary Kom a break after the World Championships but the boxer wanted to have it over and done with as quickly as possible.
"We told her that she can take a break because she fought five rounds in the World Championships and then endured a very long journey but she would have none of it. Even after her final bout in Barbados, she trained for two hours. She is truly a very resolute athlete," said IBF Secretary General Col P K Muralidharan Raja.
"Yes, we had trials in Bhopal but they were inconclusive and therefore it was necessary to have another round. I'm sure Mary Kom would do well," he added.
Asian Games are scheduled from November 15 in Guangzhou, China next month and Mary Kom's main challenger in her division will be statemate L Sarita Devi, a former World Championship silver-medallist, but who lost in the second round of the just-concluded edition.
"I don't think I would have a problem. I am just coming off a big tournament and would be in good form," Sarita said.
Mary Kom is one of the six brand ambassadors for the controversy-marred Commonwealth Games but the only one who would not be seen in action at the event.
Expressing her disappointment, Mary Kom said, "I'm hurt that women's boxing has not been included in the Commonwealth Games. It was saddening but these things are not in my hands."
Col Raja said all efforts were made to get women's boxing included in the CWG roster but it ultimately missed the bus due to lack of support in the Commonwealth Games Federation board.
"We spoke to (CGF chief) Mike Fennell but were told that the Board didn't accept it," he said.
For all the accolades she has won in the ring, Mary Kom is not too keen to see her twin sons follow in her footsteps and would prefer seeing them wielding a tennis racquet.
"I don't want my kids to go through what I have gone through to make it this far. I don't want them to get hurt and do all the hard work that I have done," she said.
"I would want them to be tennis players instead," she laughed.
~ TOI
Imphal| Sep 20 : The whole State has joined hands in congratulating the hero of the moment, MC Mary Kom, who won the World championship title for the record five times in succession yesterday a Budapest.
Leading the congralu-tations, Governor Gurba- chan Jagat said that her achievement has brought pride not only to Manipur but also to the whole of India. Her feat has also created a landmark in the annals of women's boxing.
Describing Mary as an icon, the Governor said that she is the source of inspiration to all youngsters and budding sportspersons and has demonstrated what hard work, dedication and commitment can achieve.
Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to MC Mary Kom in recognition of her historic feat.
Mary (27) grabbed a historic fifth title in succession after beating her old rival Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the final played at Barbados’s capital of Bridgetown on Saturday night.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the 7th State Film Festival at the auditorium of MFDC, Palace Compound here this afternoon, Ibobi said his Government has decided to give Rs 10 lakh as incentive to Mary Kom.
Describing Mary Kom as the “daughter of Manipur and sportsperson par excellence’, Ibobi said that Mary Kom is an epitome of inspiration and motivation to our youth today. The whole Manipur joins in celebrating her achievement, he added. Meanwhile, Onklar Kom, husband of Mary Kom, who is currently putting up at New Delhi to wait her arrival from Bridgetown said a fitting reception would be accorded to Mary by a multi-National corporation at a hotel there on Tuesday. “We are informed that Lok Sabha MP Th Meinya and some VVIPs and hordes of sports lovers will join the reception,” Onlear said while expressing gratitude on behalf of Mary towards Chief Minister Ibobi Singh for the Rs 10 lakh reward. He said before arriving Imphal on Monday next, Mary will join a trial selection at New Delhi for the ensuing Asian Games.
“We are also informed that a reception committee has been formed in Manipur to felicitate Mary,” Onlear added.
Mother of two twin sons, Mary is a Deputy Superintendent of Police under Manipur Government.
She is also the brand ambassador of the ensuing Commonwealth Games scheduled in October in New Delhi.
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, N Biren has also joined in congratulating the record breaking boxer.
Extending his congratulations, the Minister said that not only was her achievement an exceptional record but she has raised hope and confidence of winning a medal at Olympics in 2012. The Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress and the Manipur Peoples' Party have also congratulated the stupendous achievement of Mary Kom.
A number of civil society organisations have also joined in congratulating Mary Kom, on her stupen-dous success at the pinnacle of world women's boxing.
On behalf of the Kuki people of Manipur, the Kuki Inpi, the apex body of the Kukis has congratulated MC Mary Kom on her record setting five consecutive gold medal at the women World Boxing Championship held at Bridgetown (Barbados) recently.
The Kuki Inpi has also urged both the State and Central Governments to give due recognition to the little champion who is a super sports star in every sense of the term.
It is unfortunate that her name does not go beyond the North East and mainland India generally does not recognise her stupendous feat, said Kuki Inpi and added that this has been the case with other sportspersons of the North East.
Congratulation
IMPHAL, Sep 20: Thadou Students’ Association, Chandel district committee has congratulated MC Mary Kom in winning world championship title for the record fifth time.
~TSE
However, there was disappointment as well for India when Kavita (+81kg) settled for a bronze after losing 2-14 to Ukraine's Kateryna Kuzhel in the semifinals.MC Mary Kom continued her chase for a historic fifth successive World Championship gold by becoming the only Indian boxer to enter the finals of the event with a thumping win in the last-four stage here.
Mary Kom (48kg) defeated Alice Kate Aparri of Philippines 8-1 in the semifinals to assure herself of at least a silver in the sixth edition of the event.
The former Khel Ratna awardee will now face old rival Steluta Duta of Romania who defeated Kazakhstan's Nazgul Boranbayeva 10-5. However, there was disappointment as well for India when Kavita (+81kg) settled for a bronze after losing 2-14 to Ukraine's Kateryna Kuzhel in the semifinals. But Mary Kom, a mother-of-two from Manipur who is the only boxer to have won a medal in each edition of the World Championship, ensured that the Indian camp had something to cheer about.
Mary Kom had last faced Aparri way back in 2004 and had come out triumphant and she made sure that her all-win record against Filipino remained intact.
"I never take my opponents easy. On her day anybody can be dangerous. I have beaten her twice before and that gives me a good feeling but I can't really say whether it would be easy or tough," she said.
~ Hueiyen Lanpao
The 27-year-old mother-of-two from Manipur brushed aside the rising international competition in women's boxing to clinch a fifth gold medal at the World Championships on Saturday by thrashing old foe Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the light fly weight 48kg finals.
Dubbed 'Magnificent Mary' by the International Boxing Association for her historic feat, the diminutive counter-puncher is the only woman boxer to have clinched a medal in each of the six World Championships, starting with a silver in the inaugural edition in 2001.
"I am overwhelmed and don't even know how to describe what it feels like. I am just so happy to have done it," the former Khel Ratna awardee said.
Balancing a demanding training schedule with the responsibility of being the mother of two young children is not easy but with women's boxing finding a place in the 2012 Olympics, Mary Kom said has a reason to continue doing the tough twin jobs.
"It's very demanding and emotionally draining to leave my sons behind for competing and training. But I have somehow managed to do it so far and hopefully I will continue doing it till at least the London Olympics. I want to win an Olympic medal, don't want to go before doing that. That's my dream," she said.
"I know age would be a factor but if I continue to train hard and remain fit, I think, I would be able to compete and win a medal," she added.
Women's boxing would make its debut at the London Olympics in three weight categories -- flyweight (48-51kg), lightweight (56-60kg) and middleweight (69-75kg).
Mary Kom will have to bulk up substantially for the fly weight division but she is confident of coming through.
"Putting on weight and adjusting to it is always tough but since I would be giving trials for the November Asian Games in the same division, I think I will have enough to time to adjust," she said.
Talking about her bout, Mary Kom said she could feel the pressure of expectations but was never nervous against Duta, whom she had beaten in the World Championship finals of 2006 and 2008 as well.
"There was pressure on me but it didn't unsettle me. I was not nervous. I just kept telling myself that I had to win. I kept my cool, observed her in the first two rounds and then attacked her in the third and fourth round," Mary Kom said.
"Although her punches seemed more powerful then last time, I knew her game way too well to get unsettled by that. In the end it was not very tough because I knew her technique. I am aware of her game," she added.
The just-concluded edition was the biggest in terms of participation with 72 countries in fray but Mary Kom said the competition, at least in her category, was not too tough. In fact, the Indian said it was perhaps her easiest campaign so far.
"I think the first World Championship gold that I won in 2002 in Antalya ,Turkey was the toughest. This one was easy. I was actually having a good time here," she chuckled.
"My foot movement was good and that helped because you can no longer stay static and out-punch your opponent. You have to constantly move in the ring. Besides, my body felt great, I was in good shape," she added.
Asked whether she thought anybody would ever be able to match her feat, Mary Kom said, "I don't know. It's a sport and records do get broken at some point. I hope mine stays but then you never know what is there in future. I can only continue doing what I do best and that is fight with all my heart inside the ring."
On how she has managed to stay ahead of the continuously improving international competition, Mary Kom said, " It's god's gift and bit of my will power. I don't like giving up without a good fight."
India, who were overall champions in the 2006 Delhi edition, finished with just one gold and a bronze, through Kavita (+81kg), this time and Mary Kom said the rather disappointing performance is a wake-up call.
"We have to bring in fresh ideas to remain competitive. Because women's boxing is an Olympic sport, all the countries are trying hard to improve themselves and even we have to work hard to remain strong contenders," she said.
~ Hueiyen Lanpao
Mary Kom beat Lynsey Holdaway from Wales 9-2 in the quarter-final to set up a clash with Alice Appari of the Philippines, whom she had beaten in their only face off six years ago.
The mother-of-two from Manipur took a narrow 2-1 lead in the opening round and built on it in the next two rounds to be 6-2 ahead by the third round. In the final round, Mary Kom launched an all-out attack to seal the issue in her favour.
"It was not all that tough for me. I had never faced her before but didn't have to slog too much. So far so good," the 27-year-old said after the bout.
"Despite the increased competition, I think I can still dominate my category. I am not bragging but it hasn't been very tough for me despite the fact that I have already played three rounds. My body is also feeling great," she said.
Talking about her next-round opponent, Mary Kom, who was conferred the Khel Ratna award last year, said, "I know this girl. I beat her in 2004 and hopefully even this time I would win. I will try my best. I have my fingers crossed for a fifth consecutive gold."
Dubbed 'Magnificent Mary' by the International Boxing Association, the Indian has the unique feat of having won a medal in each of the previous World Championships. She was silver-medallist in the inaugural edition and has not settled for anything less then a gold after that.
Among other Indians, Kavita too advanced to the semifinals by beating Adriana Hosu of Romania 9-6. She will face Kateryna Kuzhel of the Ukraine in the last-four stage on Friday.
But there was disappointment as well, with Laxmi Padiya (81kg) losing 4-18 to Kazakh Marina Volnova on Wednesday night.
The current edition of the World Championship features 72 countries. The increased competition has hit 2006 overall champions India rather hard with just two medals assured this time.
~ Sinlung
Dubbed 'Magnificent Mary' by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), Mary Kom was slightly cautious to start with before gaining in confidence to lead 2-0 after the opening round.
The mother-of-two from Manipur built on the lead making it 6-0 in the second round. Mar Kom added four more points to her kitty in the next two rounds to round off a dominating performance.
