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In 2005, she was offered the post of Sub-Inspector (SI) by the police department of Manipur, for winning a bronze medal in the 3rd World Women Boxing Championship, Russia and was promoted to the rank of DSP in February, 2010. She also won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The Asian Games have taken a controversial turn after India’s boxer Sarita Devi refused to accept her bronze medal at the prize giving ceremony of the 57-60 kg (Lightweight) category. Sarita came into the auditorium after the gold medal bout between Park Jina (KOR) and Junhua Yin (CHN) came to an end.
Oct 2, 2014 · Putting an end to the status of the bronze medal won by Indian woman boxer L Sarita Devi, the Olympic Council of Asia on Thursday re-instated her medal in the 60kg category after a hearing with the India’s Asian Games contingent officials in Incheon.
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Oct 1, 2014 · Indian boxer Sarita Devi, who was competing in the women's lightweight category, left the podium in tears on Wednesday after refusing her bronze medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South...
Sep 21, 2021 · The Manipuri boxer courted controversy in the 2014 Asian Games when she refused to accept her bronze medal owing to refereeing inconsistencies. She was recently elected as a member of the...
- Vikram Bhattacharya
Oct 2, 2014 · In a dramatic turn of events during the presentation ceremony at the Seonhak Gymnasium on Wednesday, Indian boxer L. Sarita Devi refused her lightweight bronze medal and hung it around the neck of the South Korean she lost to in the 57-60 kg semifinals on Tuesday.
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Oct 1, 2014 · As Sarita Devi hits the headlines for refusing the Asian Games 2014 medal – bronze – at the podium, we take a look at the events which led to the act. Determined and robbed: Determined to make it to the gold medal round in her weight category, Sarita Devi fired all cylinders in her bout against Park Jina of hosts Korea but returned ...
