Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom Heads To Italy For Training To Avoid Travel Restrictions Due To COVID-19

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom decided to join the rest of India's Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added restrictions on those travelling to Tokyo from India amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has decided to join the rest of India's Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added restrictions on those travelling to Tokyo from India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Kom will take off for Assisi in a day or two to join the eight other Olympic-bound boxers, who are set to leave for Tokyo from there itself. The London Olympics bronze-medallist was training at Pune's Army Sports Institute so far for the Games starting July 23. "I have changed my plans. I have returned to Delhi and will leave for Italy may be tomorrow or day after. There are stricter quarantine restrictions on those who are travelling from India. I want to avoid them," the 38-year-old Mary Kom told PTI. "After training so hard for so long, no point in taking such a risk as a hard quarantine can break the rhythm," she said. She would be accompanied by her personal coach Chhote Lal Yadav and a physio.