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Inconsolable India's Devi refuses Asian Games boxing medal, Weeps on Podium

 

Celebrated Indian women's boxer Mary Kom won her first Asian Games gold Wednesday but a team-mate sensationally refused to accept her bronze medal in a bruising row over judging standards.

Five-time world champion Kom, 31, won a hard-fought split decision against Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova to be crowned flyweight champion.

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