Legendary Indian boxer Mary Kom has never competed at the Commonwealth Games. But, in her first appearance that multi-sport event, the boxing star from India is tipped to be one of the leading contenders for the gold medal. It’s similar for Sushil Kumar, however, this will be his third Commonwealth Games. In his previous two Games, he has won gold medals and will now be hoping for a rare treble. Mary Kom will also like to add the CWG medal that has been missing from her collection of medals which includes World Championship, Asian Games and even Olympic medal.

The 2014 Commonwealth Games Gold medal winning-athlete returned to mat after a span of three years in November 2017. On his way to a gold medal in the men’s 74 kg freestyle competition at the National Championship, the wrestler was given two walkovers in the semi-final and final bouts by Sachin Dahiya and Praveen Rana, ‘out of respect’. The incident raised questions on whether Sushil, who only competed for 2 minutes and 33 seconds in the preliminary rounds, is a deserved winner.

For Manipuri boxer MC Mary Kom, it was a disappointing turn of events on the road to Rio Olympics 2016. The five-time World Champion lost 0-2 to Germany’s Azize Nimani in the second round bouts of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan in May 2016.