OOUCH! South Korea’s Park Ji-na (red) fights with India’s Laishram Sarita Devi during their women’s light (57-60kg) semi-final (Source: Reuters)

After Mary Kom entered the gold medal round in her weight category, hopes were pinned on Sarita Devi to become the second women’s boxer to enter the gold medal round.

Taking ring against the host country’s Park Jina, Sarita exchanged a series of punches in the evenly fought first two rounds.

While the first round went in Park’s favour, the judges were divided for the second. Two rounds went in favour of the Indian, while one swayed the Korean way. Slightly content after the result of the second round, Sarita went back to her corner, caught a breath or two and stood up determined.

Very little did she know about how the third and fourth round would unfold for her. The 29-year old fought brilliant two rounds, but, on both occasions, failed to get the judges’ nod.

A sarcastic smile on her face, Sarita stood in disbelief as her Korean opponent celebrated the final berth. Watching her wife fight the semi-final bout from the stands, her husband Thoiba launched an attack and got into a scuffle with the security.

“You f***king Koreans have stolen this medal,” he shouted after his wife was ‘robbed’ of a chance to compete for the gold medal.

Sarita, too, like the viewers watching back home and from the stands, couldn’t hide her emotions and refused to accept the decision.

“Don’t accept this decision. Feel robbed. Favouritism in such events isn’t good. Korean boxer gifted the win. Plead judges to be fair,” said Sarita after her bout.

While India did appeal against the decision, but it was turned down.

Sarita’s incident, however, wasn’t the only case of the dubious boxing scoring. Moment’s after the Indian’s bout, a Mongolian boxer couldn’t believe that the judges ruled against his favour.

“The Mongolian won’t leave the ring. He stands there. Judge tells him to leave. But he won’t budge,” reports Mihir Vasavda of The Indian Express from Incheon.

The Mongolians were up for a fight and decided to withdraw their entire boxing team as a mark of protest. Unlike the Indian contingent, the Mongolian Chef de Mission, Contingent leader and everyone took the AIBA head on.