Competing for the first time in over a year, Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom (51kg) assured herself and India at least a bronze medal by advancing to the semi-finals of the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Olympic Test event in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
The Indian defeated Venezuela's Karlha Magliocco 3-0 in a quarter-final bout of the event, where boxers have been individually invited by the world body and the Rio Olympics'
Mary Kom, 33, is next up against Virginia Fuchs in Saturday's semi-finals.
The five-time World champion was laid low by a shoulder injury which forced her to skip last year's World Championships.
Among the men, Rohit Tokas (60kg) bowed out of the competition after losing 0-3 to Venezuela's Luis Cabrera in his opening bout.
The Indian team for the ongoing Test event also includes 2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar and World Championships quarter-finalist Satish Kumar among others.
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