Thursday, 9 August 2012

Boxing: Shields takes women's middleweight gold (Reuters)

Claressa Shields of the U.S. celebrates as she is declared the winner over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova after their Women's Middle (75kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 9, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

LONDON (Reuters) - American teenager Claressa Shields outfoxed and outgunned Russian Nadezda Torlopova to win the first women's Olympic boxing middleweight gold on Thursday. Shields took the bout 19-12 at the Excel Arena in east London to claim America's only gold medal in the ring at the Games after the nine men all exited before the semi-finals. The grinning Shields danced her way out of the arena to cap her rise to the top from the tough streets of Flint, Michigan. ...




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