President and Prime minister congratulate fiesty Mary Kom for winning 6th Gold for India

The president and prime minister Ram Nath Kovind and Narendra Modi today congratulated India’s celebrated fiesty Manipuri Mary Kom for bringing outstanding laurels for the country by winning the sixth Gold Medal in the prestigious Women’s World Championship with an unanimous 5 – 0 historic victory over Ukraine Boxer Hanna’s Okhota. President Kovind in his tweet while congratulating Mary Kom said: Congratulations Icon of Manipur and of India for winning the World Boxing Championship for the sixth time. May this moment inspire, to attempt and to achieve. our girl children Prime minister Narendra Modi tweeted : A proud moment for Indian Sports. Congratulations to Mary Kom for winning Gold in the World Boxing Championships. The diligence with which she’s pursued sports and excelled in theworld stage is extremely inspiring. Her win is truly special. The prime minister’s tweet acknowleged 19.9 thousand likes, over 5000 retweets and 440 comments till the writingof this news item. The popular actor and the one who played the role of Mary Kom in a bollywood movie Priyanka Chopra and Anuksha Sharma also praised Mary Kom for her outstanding international achievement acconpany prestige and honour for the country in continuance for the sixth time winning 6 Golds in succession. Hailing from Manipur, North East with a modest family background , a mother of three and a promising as well as an incredible boxer thirty five year old Mary Kom defeated her Ukraine opponent Hanna Okhota in the 45 kg weight catagory with her strong and highly spirited fighting technique establishing a record of a sort by securing six golds and one silver globally. According to ET : With this Gold , ” Magnificient Mary Kom also matched Cuban men’s legend Felix Sevon as the joint most successful ( pugilist) men and women) in the in the World’s Championship history. Extremely emotional carrying blissfully the Indian flag with tears in her eyes Mary Kom dedicated the Gold to the nation.