Each one of my medals is a story of struggle: Mary Kom

New Delhi – Every medal is a story of struggle, says the indomitable MC Mary Kom, who considers her fifth Asian Championship gold medal special as it came despite the many roles she has had to play outside the ring in the past one year.Mary Kom, a five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist, scripted history on Wednesday by becoming the first boxer to claim five gold medals at the continental meet in the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh.“This medal is very special to me just like all other medals I have won because it has its own story of struggles. Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle. I am hoping this medal, which has come after I became an MP, will enhance my reputation even further. I hope my stature grows,” Mary Kom told PTI in an interview. Besides being an active and top-level boxer, the 35-year-old is a sitting Rajya Sabha MP, whose attendance in the house has never been brought into question, a government observer for boxing in the country and a “very busy” mother to her three sons.

Add to this, she is also involved in the running of her academy in Imphal, along with her husband Onler Kom.