MC Mary Kom steps down as India’s Chef de Mission for Paris Olympics

Indian Olympic champion MC Mary Kom on Friday stepped down as the Chef de Mission at this summer time’s Paris Olympics.

She introduced her determination simply weeks after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed her to the put up.

Mary Kom, a bronze medal winner on the 2012 London Olympics, has cited private causes for stepping down from the position, reported The Indian Express.

The Padma Vibhushan awardee knowledgeable the IOA president, PT Usha, the Union Sports Ministry, and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) of her determination by way of an electronic mail on Friday, the Indian newspaper reported.

It continues to be not clear whether or not her resignation has been accepted.

On March 21, the IOA introduced contingent officers for the Paris Olympics.

As a part of the contingent, winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan was named Mary Kom’s deputy.

Sources advised The Indian Express that Mary Kom had initially been reluctant to take up the position however accepted after being satisfied by Usha and authorities officers.

“However, she analysed the state of affairs and determined to step down as she didn’t really feel she might do justice to the position owing to private causes,” the supply stated.

In a multi-disciplined occasion, the Chef de Mission is taken into account as essentially the most essential place.

Who is MC Mary Kom?

She is the one girl to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six occasions, the one feminine boxer to have received a medal in every one of many first seven World Championships, and the one boxer (male or feminine) to win eight World Championship medals.

Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the one Indian feminine boxer to have certified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the place she competed within the flyweight (51 kg) class and received a bronze medal.