Olympic Boxing Day 15: Tokyo boxing concludes with four gold-medal fights kobi5.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kobi5.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The United States ended a drought and India seized their first ever gold medal in athletics at the Olympics on Saturday, while baseball-mad Japan won their maiden gold in the sport.
By Syndicated Content
By Martin Petty
TOKYO (Reuters) – Top seeds Buse Naz Cakiroglu and Busenaz Surmeneli got unanimous semi-final victories in the boxing contest on Wednesday to give Turkey a shot at its first-ever women’s Olympic boxing gold.
European champion Cakiroglu saw off towering Taiwanese Huang Hsiao-wen with a high-tempo, tactical performance, ducking Huang’s long jabs repeatedly before moving in swiftly on the counter.
Cakiroglu will meet 35-year-old Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva of Bulgaria in Saturday’s flyweight gold-medal match after she emerged on top despite a spirited performance by quick-footed Japanese Tsukimi Namiki, which ended hopes of a second women’s boxing gold for the hosts.