PARIS — Cindy Ngamba won the Refugee Olympic Team their first ever medal on Thursday when she settled for bronze in women's boxing.
PARIS — Cindy Ngamba won the Refugee Olympic Team their first ever medal on Thursday when she settled for bronze in women's boxing.Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon but sought safe haven in Britain aged 11, was beaten by Panama's seventh seed Atheyna Bylon by split decision in the semifinals of the women's 75kg category.That denied her a place in Saturday's final but boxing hands out bronze medals for losing semifinalists.
Refugee Olympic Team’s Cindy Ngamba and Panama’s Atheyna Bylon compete in the women’s 75kg semifinal boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium in Paris on Aug. 8, 2024. AFP PHOTOUzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov won his second Olympic title, beating France's Billal Bennama in the men's 51kg final.China's Chang Yuan also claimed gold, beating Turkey's Akbas Hatice in the women's 54kg category.
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