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The 35-year-old Mary, who won bronze at 2012 London Olympics, thanked Rathore for the support and the encouragement to the Indian boxers ahead of the World Championships set to take place in New Delhi from November 15 to 24

Ritu Malik now has a task at hand as she is up against 2017 U-23 world champion and this year's World Cup gold medal winner Ayana Gempei from Japan.

'It was so near and yet so far. Having reached the final, I expected to win gold but I will have to be satisfied with a silver medal. I am happy to have bettered my bronze medal effort, achieved five years ago at the same venue,' Bajrang Punia said

'It's a great feeling. I am very happy to have won a medal. I had put in a lot of hard work for the Games. It is my first medal for India,' Suraj Panwar, who hails from Uttarakhand, said

Both men's and women's hockey teams lost their respective finals to bag silver medals in the five-a-side competition in Argentina

India bettered its tally of 33 medals (3 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze medals) at the last edition in 2014

Apart from winning the gold medal in Finland, Hima Das claimed three medals, including a gold, at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia. She acknowledged that the road ahead will be difficult

India ended the championship with six medals, including three silvers and as many bronze medals. Greco Roman grapplers delivered three medals while the women's won two bronze

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Sunday promised continued support to medal prospects for the 2022 Asian and Commonwealth Games

Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat was on Sunday ruled out of the prestigious championship after suffering an elbow injury during practice

 The centenarian Man Kaur, who also throws a mean javelin, said she is not done yet and is hungry for more competitions and also more medals.