Saturday, 11 August 2012

Ukraine's Usyk dances his way to gold (Reuters)

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk stands with his gold medal for the playing of the national anthem during the presentation ceremony for the Men's Heavy (91kg) gold medal boxing at the London Olympics August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

LONDON (Reuters) - Oleksandr Usyk won Ukraine's first boxing gold medal of the London Games on Saturday leaving Italy's Clemente Russo with a second successive heavyweight silver medal and fans enjoying another jig of joy. Ukraine dominated last year's world championships, taking home four gold medals including one for Usyk, as they sought to muscle their way to the top of the amateur game just as the famous Klitschko Brothers had done in the professional ranks. ...




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