Thursday, 9 August 2012

Boxing: Taylor strikes blow for her country and sport (Reuters)

Ireland's Katie Taylor reacts as she is declared the winner over Russia's Sofya Ochigava after their Women's Light (60kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 9, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - Katie Taylor struck a blow for herself, her country and her sport with victory in the women's lightweight boxing final at the London Olympics on Thursday. Women's boxing, a demonstration sport as far back as the 1904 St Louis Games, finally made its Olympic debut in London. Its belated arrival followed a series of successful sexual discrimination challenges in the 1980s and 1990s in several European countries and a number of U.S. states where the sport was not officially recognized. ...




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