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Question
What prime quality did Mary Kom display during her first attempt in Olympic Games? What was her bad luck?
Solution
- The prime quality that Mary Kom displayed during her first attempt in Olympic Games was her confidence.
- It was Kom’s bad luck that even though she was scoring, the judges were not pressing the buttons.
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