Mary Kom : I only got two chances to qualify, but male boxers get five to six chances

The five-time World Amateur boxing champion's hopes of representing India at the 2016 Rio Olympics ended after she was denied a wild card entry. This was after she failed to qualify, for what would have surely been her last Olympics, when she crashed out in the semis of the Women's World Boxing Championship at Astana earlier this year.

Mary Kom, however, has claimed that she would have won a medal had she made it to Rio. She said, "If I went (to the Rio Olympics), then definitely I would have come with a medal. Now, my profession (becoming a Parliamentarian) is different. I didn't dream to be in this profession, but I think God wants me to do something for the society. I will do good things not only for Manipur but for the entire country," reported PTI.

"The degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) is awarded by NEHU to M C Mary Kom in recognition for her outstanding contributions in the field of sports," NEHU's Vice Chairman SK Srivastava said during the felicitation.