Four-time world champion woman boxer MC Mary Kom prayed for peace on receiving the highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
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Four-time world champion woman boxer MC Mary Kom prayed for peace on receiving the highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. But throughout the award ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, the 27-year-old pugilist was unsettled.
The shoes were so tight that the Manipuri girl had to keep fixing them and tending to her bruised feet with cotton.
No point mentioning the bosses in the sports ministry were least bothered.
However, a concerned Indian opener Gautam Gambhir showed some concern and offered advice. Being a cricketer he must have been in similar situations. But it is tough being in the shoes of a sportsman in India, especially if you are not a cricketer. Isnt't it Mary Kom?
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