The Olympics is the greatest platform for athletes to showcase their abilities and their strengths and win medals for their respective countries. Since the Olympic games are held every four years, the significance is quite massive and the reputation and the pride of the players is also on the line. Representing your country at the olympic games is a moment of pride for any player but to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony at the grandest stage of them all. Mary Kom, the women boxer has been chosen as the flag bearer for India.
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Mary Kom has been appointed as India’s flag bearer for the upcoming Olympic games in Tokyo starting from July 23,2021. This decision has been taken by the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) on Monday and has to state this decision to the Olympics committee who will then have to make the necessary decisions and arrangements. Along with Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh, the captain of the Men’s India Hockey team would be the second bearer at the opening ceremony. The rule is that the two flag bearers that each country decides should be of different genders, that is one female and one male. Once Mary Kom found out about this news, she was delighted by it and felt that this was a huge honour that has been handed to her. She was emotionally overwhelmed by this fact because this is going to be her last olympics games. The country’s lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Tokyo Games are scheduled to open on July 23 and over 100 Indian athletes would be gunning for podium finishes at the showpiece, which was postponed by a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Twitter when got the news about this were utterly excited for the new role and were also proud of what Mary has achieved over the years.
Mary has been the shining light for not only boxing in India but also women who desire to become athletes one day. People look up to her as a role model and a figure who inspires them and motivates them to move forward. This would be an exciting time for Mary and she would be hoping to get one last medal for India at the upcoming Olympics.
