{"id":24832,"date":"2024-04-12T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/mary-kom-steps-down-as-paris-olympics-chef-de-mission-citing-personal-reasons\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:41:05","slug":"mary-kom-steps-down-as-paris-olympics-chef-de-mission-citing-personal-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/mary-kom-steps-down-as-paris-olympics-chef-de-mission-citing-personal-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Kom Steps Down As Paris Olympics Chef-De-Mission Citing Personal Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/04\/12\/3ba1f4d3bf1591c8f3a54e52313ebdf11712920128351625_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&amp;imwidth=1200&amp;resize=755,425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mary Kom Steps Down As Paris Olympics Chef-De-Mission Citing Personal Reasons\" title=\"Mary Kom Steps Down As Paris Olympics Chef-De-Mission Citing Personal Reasons\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> Six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom on Friday stepped down as India&#8217;s chef-de-mission for the upcoming Paris Olympics, saying she is &#8220;left with no choice&#8221; due to some personal reasons. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha announced that Mary Kom had asked to be relieved from her position in a letter addressed to her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I consider it an honour to serve my country in every way possible, and I was mentally prepared for it. However, I regret that I will not be able to uphold the prestigious responsibility and would like to resign, owing to personal reasons,&#8221; the 41-year-old stated in a letter to Usha.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is embarrassing to retreat from a commitment, which I seldom do, but I am left with no choice. I am there to cheer on my country and the athletes competing in this Olympic Games, with great expectations,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The IOA had announced her appointment on March 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also On ABP LIVE | <a title=\"Paris Olympics: Sharath Kamal Named India's Flag Bearer\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/paris-olympics-sharath-kamal-named-india-flag-bearer-mary-kom-takes-helm-as-chef-de-mission-paris-2024-1674140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Olympics: Sharath Kamal Named India&#8217;s Flag Bearer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The celebrated boxer, who is also a bronze-medallist from the 2012 London Olympics, was to be the logistical in-charge of the country&#8217;s contingent at the July 26-August 11 Games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are sad that Olympic medal winning boxer and Chairperson of the IOA Athletes Commission Mary Kom has stepped down citing personal reasons. We respect her decision and her privacy,&#8221; Usha said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I shall make the appropriate consultations and soon make an announcement about the replacement for Mary Kom.&#8221; Usha said she had a conversation with Mary Kom after receiving her letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I completely understand her request and respect her decision. I have also conveyed to her that she will always have my own support and that of IOA. I also request everyone to respect the legendary boxer&#8217;s privacy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/mary-kom-steps-down-paris-olympics-chef-de-mission-personal-reasons-indian-olympic-association-1679508\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom on Friday stepped down as India&#8217;s chef-de-mission for the upcoming Paris Olympics, saying she is &#8220;left with no choice&#8221; due to some personal reasons. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha announced that Mary Kom had asked to be relieved from her position in a letter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/04\/12\/3ba1f4d3bf1591c8f3a54e52313ebdf11712920128351625_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[29945,18631,9943,3251,9937,29969,4988,4987,10762,10763,4973,2635,2452,442],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24834,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24832\/revisions\/24834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}