Shameful Irony for India: Mary Kom gets Gold, unlucky Sarita Devi rejects Bronze
Sarita Devi, the Indian boxer,missed her gold medal bout at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. It has been claimed that the judges allegedly were biased to the boxer from the host country.
Earlier Sarita Devi's husband C Thoiba had informed that they would accept the medal at the ceremony but would return it as a mark of protest later.
The world was shocked when a dominant Sarita lost her light-weight semi-final bout against South Korea's Jina Park in dubious circumstances on Tuesday, Sept 30. Following the match, Indian contingent lodged a complaint but it was rejected by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
After her controversial defeat in the game, devastated Sarita was quoted as saying, "I don't accept this decision. It's wrong," even as her husband Thoiba confronted the match officials screaming: "You've killed boxing!"
Judgement of the controversial game irked Indians and micro-blogging site Twitter has been flooded with comments on Sarita Devi:
"@followoutslow:
Korean
boxer
got
points
for
catching
the
punches
of
Sarita
Devi
on
her
face
#saritadevi"
:p
—
Rajan
Doomra
(@RDoomra)
October
1,
2014
#Mary
kom
says
she
hs
taken
revenge
4
injustice
to
#saritadevi
.Gr8
gestureWomen
power.#national
pride
—
Dr
Puneet
kant
arora
(@puneetsurg)
October
1,
2014
@PMOIndia
@narendramodi
look
in
to
#saritadevi
case.”
Please
—
MODI-raaj
(@raajved)
October
1,
2014
#saritadevi.
We
wish
you
gold
against
fight
with
IOC.
Putting
your
career
on
line
to
make
a
point,
due
to
self
conviction,
is
true
Gandhism
—
Sanjit
Satyanath
(@Sanjitsatyanath)
October
1,
2014
Do
we
have
any
shame
left
when
we
leave
our
sporting
heroes
fighting
their
own
battles..both
off
and
on
field.
#saritadevi.
Wondering?
—
Ritesh
Sinha
(@ritzsinha)
October
1,
2014
IOA
should
learn
from
@BCCI(
always
stands
by
players)
#saritadevi
—
Surendra
Kushwaha
(@bLazyThinkCrazy)
October
1,
2014
My
heart
goes
out
2
#saritadevi
U
r
a
champ,
ma'm4get
d
rslts..U
WON
@AsianGames2014
India
loves
you
#respect
http://t.co/tUbB0bm2Ch
…
—
Shreya
Singh
(@rajputvirangana)
October
1,
2014
we
stands
with
#saritadevi
.Lets
Stands
against
injustice.#IOA
shame
on
you.
—
Neuerth
Angola
Lda
(@NeuerthAngola)
October
1,
2014
#saritadevicommon
Indians
support
true
Indian
#istandwithsarita
she
is
proud
of
IndiaNot
Bollywood
cleavage
actress
—
satishkumar
(@satishbossn)
October
1,
2014
#saritadevi
may
u
win
Gold
in
#Rio2016
cause
u
deserve
to
have
the
nat'l
flag
raised
in
ur
honor
@Guttajwala
@P9Ashwini
@Maheshbhupathi
—
Chirantan
Banik
(@BanikChi)
October
1,
2014
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