LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Oleksandr Usyk won Ukraine'sfirst boxing gold medal of the London Games on Saturday leavingItaly's Clemente Russo to pick up a second successiveheavyweight silver medal. Ukraine dominated last year's world championships, takinghome four gold medals including one for Usyk, as they seek tomuscle their way to the top of the amateur game. Usyk, who at 190 centimetres (6 feet 3 inches) enjoyed anine centimetre height advantage over the Italian, boxedcautiously for the first round and paid the price as the awkwardRusso caught the him with some swiping left hands. ...
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