Saturday, 11 August 2012

Boxing: Cuba's Sotolongo wins light-welterweight gold (Reuters)

Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (R) embraces Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk after defeating him in their Men's Light Welter (64kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympics August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

LONDON (Reuters) - Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo beat Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk to win the men's Olympic light-welterweight boxing gold medal on Saturday. Sotolongo claimed a 22-15 victory at the Excel Arena in south east London. Losing semi-finalists Vincenzo Mangiacapre of Italy and Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg of Mongolia took bronze. (Reporting by Patrick Johnston)




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