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New generation of athletes are not hungry enough: Mary Kom

Updated on: 07 January,2024 08:14 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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The Olympic bronze medallist also said that she is “super fit” at 41 years of age and hungry to “achieve more and more”

New generation of athletes are not hungry enough: Mary Kom

MC Mary Kom

Six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom feels the new generation of athletes is not hungry enough like her to achieve success and gets satisfied with just one big achievement.


The Olympic bronze medallist also said that she is “super fit” at 41 years of age and hungry to “achieve more and more.” “I will fight [on], that fighting spirit only Mary Kom has... I have that something unique from other sports stars,” Mary Kom, who has not ruled out turning pro in the coming years, said during an event in Mumbai on Saturday. “I am 41, I cannot fight any international [amateur] competition from this year because there is that age limit. But I want to continue for one, two or three years,” she said.


Mary Kom added that the current generation, despite having more facilities and options in sports as compared to when she took up boxing, is not hungry enough. “I am super fit, I want to achieve more and more, that hunger I have. This young generation, they [become] one [time] champion and finished, they are satisfied, [they] settle down. This is the difference,” she said. “If, like me, they have that spirit and that hunger, we will have so many medals in our country,” Mary Kom added.


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