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[caption id=“attachment_412841” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A proud Mary Kom poses with the Indian flag and her bronze medal. PTI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_412839” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Mary Kom won the bronze medal because in contact sport, both semifinalists are awarded a medal. That however, does not take the shine off it. PTI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_412840” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The 29-year-old is all smiles after entering the record books as one of the first woman boxers to win a medal in Olympics history. PTI[/caption]
In contact sport, both semifinalists are awarded a bronze medal, but that certainly doesn’t take the sheen off Mary Kom’s historic bronze medal. Here are images post the medal ceremony.
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