New Delhi, Dec 23, 2008: The fourth time world women boxing gold medalist, MC Mary Kom, has been voted as one of the 8 Pepsi MTV Youth Icons 2008. As a reward, Pepsi will feature Mary Kom on 1 million Pepsi My Cans!
Out of the shortlisted 30 from 8000 probables, 8 of the nominees - MC Mary Kom, Rahul Mishra, Sarath Babu, Ankit Fadia, Mangesh Hadawale, Blaaze, Nitish Mishra and Ishita Khanna - were voted as the Pepsi MTV Youth Icons 2008. The Icons were voted through SMS and the voting system available on the Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 website.
The award is a platform created expressly for the youth to identify their new-age role-models. The award celebrates the heroes of the young India. The past winners of the MTV Youth Icon awards include Anil Ambani, Rahul Dravid, Shah Rukh Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Orkut.com etc.
Mary Kom recently clinched her fourth gold medal in the AIBA World Championships held at Ningbo City in China on 29th November 2008 by out-punching Romania's Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin.
Mary Kom comes from Kangathel, a small village in Churachandpur district, Manipur.
A young girl from a tribal community Manipur became the first woman boxer to win the world title three years in a row after the championships were introduced in the US in 2001. She has been honored by our country with the Padma Shri (2006) and Arjuna Award (2004). Despite dominating the boxing ring for years, Mary Kom sometimes feels that there are not many takers for her achievements.
This World Champion lives in a small village on the outskirts of Imphal. She has battled poverty and lack of proper infrastructure to become a world-class boxer. When she was in school, her teachers recognized the drive and aggression in young Mary who then was an athlete. She took up athletics professionally in 1999. When she saw other girls training in boxing, she developed interest in the game and started training in it simultaneously. She went on to become a State champion and then a National champion. After that there was no looking back for Mary Kom.
Her father, still unaware of her newfound interest, reproached her after seeing her picture in the newspaper. He perceived the game to be very violent. He eventually came around but it took a while before her community actually acknowledged and appreciated the work she was doing. Only after she won the World Champion did she finally break some myths about women in the ring. Now there’s an academy named after her in Manipur. She teaches kids boxing when she’s back home after her camps and matches.
A thorough patriot that she is, Mary broke into tears when she heard the Indian national anthem playing at her first World Championship. For a small village girl, boxing opened doors to several opportunities like foreign travel. She has traveled to several countries for her matches and now hopes that women’s boxing is included in the Olympics. It’s her dream to win the gold medal in Olympics. Will Mary Kom continue to be cast into the oblivion and over shadowed by players from more popular sports like Cricket and Tennis?
No way!
The pint-sized boxer has just returned to the ring after a two-year self-imposed exile. And how. She clinched an unprecedented fourth gold medal in the AIBA World Championships at Ningbo City in China on 29th November 2008.By out-punching Romania’s Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin, the 26-year-old pugilist also proved a point to those who thought she would never be able to don the gloves.
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Out of the shortlisted 30 from 8000 probables, 8 of the nominees - MC Mary Kom, Rahul Mishra, Sarath Babu, Ankit Fadia, Mangesh Hadawale, Blaaze, Nitish Mishra and Ishita Khanna - were voted as the Pepsi MTV Youth Icons 2008. The Icons were voted through SMS and the voting system available on the Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 website.
The award is a platform created expressly for the youth to identify their new-age role-models. The award celebrates the heroes of the young India. The past winners of the MTV Youth Icon awards include Anil Ambani, Rahul Dravid, Shah Rukh Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Orkut.com etc.
Mary Kom recently clinched her fourth gold medal in the AIBA World Championships held at Ningbo City in China on 29th November 2008 by out-punching Romania's Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin.
Mary Kom comes from Kangathel, a small village in Churachandpur district, Manipur.
A young girl from a tribal community Manipur became the first woman boxer to win the world title three years in a row after the championships were introduced in the US in 2001. She has been honored by our country with the Padma Shri (2006) and Arjuna Award (2004). Despite dominating the boxing ring for years, Mary Kom sometimes feels that there are not many takers for her achievements.
This World Champion lives in a small village on the outskirts of Imphal. She has battled poverty and lack of proper infrastructure to become a world-class boxer. When she was in school, her teachers recognized the drive and aggression in young Mary who then was an athlete. She took up athletics professionally in 1999. When she saw other girls training in boxing, she developed interest in the game and started training in it simultaneously. She went on to become a State champion and then a National champion. After that there was no looking back for Mary Kom.
Her father, still unaware of her newfound interest, reproached her after seeing her picture in the newspaper. He perceived the game to be very violent. He eventually came around but it took a while before her community actually acknowledged and appreciated the work she was doing. Only after she won the World Champion did she finally break some myths about women in the ring. Now there’s an academy named after her in Manipur. She teaches kids boxing when she’s back home after her camps and matches.
A thorough patriot that she is, Mary broke into tears when she heard the Indian national anthem playing at her first World Championship. For a small village girl, boxing opened doors to several opportunities like foreign travel. She has traveled to several countries for her matches and now hopes that women’s boxing is included in the Olympics. It’s her dream to win the gold medal in Olympics. Will Mary Kom continue to be cast into the oblivion and over shadowed by players from more popular sports like Cricket and Tennis?
No way!
The pint-sized boxer has just returned to the ring after a two-year self-imposed exile. And how. She clinched an unprecedented fourth gold medal in the AIBA World Championships at Ningbo City in China on 29th November 2008.By out-punching Romania’s Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin, the 26-year-old pugilist also proved a point to those who thought she would never be able to don the gloves.
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