i completed the rit recruit initial training 1 2 3 and 4 and also the medic core training at the waiouru military base she took up amateur boxing seriously soon after and was trained by chris martin who is still her trainer so when did the punching begin i think marykom is a good fighter with great skills most people at the village olympic village cannot believe im a boxer laughs the petite framed girl with long straight hair and pierced nose im taking it one fight at a time and will give it my best she says yes i am a qualified soldier she says with a laugh they say i must be very good because i do not have a single scar on my face she said and it still is she adds meet siona fatima fernandes i remember the first time i got into the ring bharatnatyam dancers do not do that he would come to my fights and scream the loudest in konkani maar teka maar teka hit her and no one would understand except me she laughs old videos of her dance performances tell you her movements are graceful her kohllined eyes full of expression her feet are light and airy her posture is petite and delicate and she seems to float along the stage to a beautiful rhythm but shes a big fan now not long before she discovered boxing she signed up for the new zealand army i am proud to fight for new zealand i then realized that my life was gearing towards sport so i dropped one job and managed the other and my boxing says the porvorim girl who works as a certified fitness trainer in auckland i did it as a personal challenge and it was my first taste of life outside my comfort zone she adds we are such a small community and being able to make my people proud gives me so much joy she pointed out initially my mum did not approve of me boxing my trainer dylan russell asked me how i felt after the fight today shes punched her way to the olympics in london and is representing new zealand in the womens flyweight boxing category the same as indias biggest medal hope in the rope square marykom i was selected for the asian games at one point but i chose my studies because i didnt see a career in sport if i lived in india says the 54ft athlete five years ago she lived in goa india and performed the bharatnatyam i played basketball in college and represented goa at the national level do they london i think its finally time to visit home again after five years away in bharatnatyam you are never in one position your speed agility and coordination have to be up to the mark in 2009 when i trained for 12 weeks and had my first corporate boxing fight she recalls dad on the other hand always supported