CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Kom (7) and L Sarita Devi (8) have more Asian medals than Thapa, with the latter having the distinction of claiming six successive, five of them gold, at the peak of her prowess.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shiva Thapa’s silver also meant India finished the Asian Boxing Championships 2022 with 12 medals, four golds, two silvers and six bronze.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Kom was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2014.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both medals came at the 1958 Asian Games. Four years later, Indian boxing celebrated its first Asian champion. Padam Bahadur Mall won gold in the men’s lightweight category beating Japan’s Kanemaru Shiratori in the final.