Canada's Tammara Thibeault, right, seen above at the Tokyo Olympics, won her semifinal bout at the Pan Am Games on Thursday to earn a berth into Paris 2024.
The Shawinigan, Que., native beat Mexico's Citlalli Ortiz through a unanimous points decision in the 75-kilogram semifinals at the Pan Am Games on Thursday in Santiago, Chile. The victory booked Thibeault's spot for both Paris 2024 and in Friday's championship bout.
Thibeault, 26, fell one victory short of Canada's first-ever Olympic women's boxing medal at Tokyo 2020 when she lost in the quarterfinals. At the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, she dropped her semifinal bout to settle for bronze, but was later upgraded to silver when her opponent was caught doping.
TAMMARA THIBEAULT 👏The Canadian advances to the 75kg gold medal match and qualifies a spot for #Paris2024 🇨🇦🥊 pic.twitter.com/hGMi49kMqkThibeault, the reigning world and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will face Panama's Atheyna Bylon for the Pan Am title in a rematch from the world championships.
Thursday's fight was never in doubt. With a nine-inch height advantage on the stout five-foot-three Ortiz, Thibeault came out firing, keeping her opponent at a literal arm's length to win all three rounds and cruise through to the final. Four more Canadian boxers will have the chance to join Thibeault in Paris as live coverage of the Pan Am Games continues on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.Maggie Mac Neil makes Pan Am Games history for Canada with 5th swimming gold in ChileCanadians to watch at the Pan Am Games
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