Updated On: 24 August, 2012 08:30 AM IST | | Sanjib Guha
Two Olympic medal winners ufffd Vijay Kumar and MC Mary Kom ufffd were naturally delighted at their achievements in London 2012, but at the same time, they were sympathetic towards their colleagues, who despite putting up spirited performance, failed to make it to the podium
India’s only female medal-winning pugilist Mary Kom couldn’t believe her friend and Beijing Olympics bronze medal winner Vijender Singh and young L Devendro Singh missed out on the coveted medal. For Vijay Kumar, winning a medal doesn’t mean that he is a superior shooter compared to his teammates Abhinav Bindra, Ronjan Singh Sodhi or Joydeep Karmakar.u00a0
“It’s a pity that Vijender could not get a medal. We expected three to four medals in men’s boxing with Devendro being one of them,” Mary Kom told MiD DAY after the star performers were felicitated by Olympic Gold Quest at the Bombay Gymkhana yesterday.