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Mary Kom's name suggested for Khel Ratna

New Delhi: Hours before the deadline, world champion M.C. Mary Kom was on Thursday recommended for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.

The light-flyweight pugilist, who has a record of three straight World titles to her name, filed her application with the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation only on Thursday and the IABF forwarded the same to the Sports Ministry just before the deadline, the IABF Executive Director Colonel A.S. Dagar said.

On being asked about the last-minute submission, Col. Dagar said Mary Kom had sent a letter to the Federation saying that she was not aware of the formalities required for the submission of her name. Mary Kom was last year awarded the Padma Shri. — PTI

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