(Adds Rogge quotes) LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Katie Taylor struck a blow forherself, her country and her sport with victory in the women'slightweight boxing final at the London Olympics on Thursday. Women's boxing, a demonstration sport as far back as the1904 St Louis Games, finally made its Olympic debut in London. Its belated arrival followed a series of successful sexualdiscrimination challenges in the 1980s and 1990s in severalEuropean countries and a number of U.S. states where the sportwas not officially recognised. ...
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