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I also faced sex attack, says Mary Kom

Kolkata: Olympic medal-winning boxer M.C. Mary Kom Thursday said she had also faced a sex attack when she was 18, but managed to overpower the assaulter.The boxer expressed concern over women's safety in India and


"I managed to flatten him because I was fit and strong. But that incident taught me a lesson that as a woman, I have to be very alert all the time and must have courage (to fight the odds)," she said.

Mary Kom recently launched a mobile app for teaching self-defence to women.