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Imane Khelif won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s boxing 66-kilogram (145-pound) division on Friday, beating China’s Yang Liu. The feat culminated with her atop her coach’s shoulders ...
Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed heavyweight bout in women’s boxing to remain undefeated. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold ...
PARIS — An Olympic boxing gold medal hanging around her neck, Algeria’s Imane Khelif directly addressed the controversy over her gender that had enveloped her during the Paris Games, made her ...
The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris [1] ran from 27 July to 10 August. [2] Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the Stade Roland Garros. [3]
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round.
Jajaira Gonzalez (Spanish: [ɟʝaˈxajɾa]; born February 13, 1997) [3] [4] is an American boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in the women's 60 kg boxing event, [5] [6] [7] and she represented the United States in that category at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8]
Shields, who also won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, landed a powerful right hand with seconds to go in the 10th and final round, knocking down Perkins and improving her professional ...
She won a gold medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. [2] On 9 August 2024, she won the gold medal in Women's 50kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by 4-1 in the final. She is China's 2nd woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion; [3] Chang Yuan was the first. [4]