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Canadian boxer Bujold drops unanimous decision on points in first bout of Tokyo Games
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold lost a unanimous decision on points to Nina Radovanovic of Serbia to open her Tokyo Olympic campaign.
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TOKYO There were plenty of days over the past 18 months that Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold had to wipe away tears before climbing into the ring to train.
The battles raging outside of it were overwhelming.
A month after winning a human rights appeal to sport s highest court to compete at the Tokyo Games, her arduous Olympic journey ended in just nine minutes, with a first-round loss to Nina Radovanovic of Serbia on Sunday.
We now have unfortunately no choice but to pursue our legal challenge before the courts, Bujold said.
After a competitive year wiped out by COVID-19, the two-time Pan American Games champion had been confident she d clinch a berth at the Olympic qualifying tournament in May in Buenos Aires, but the event was recently cancelled due to climbing case numbers of the virus in Argentina.
With no competitions now on the schedule, the IOC revised its ranking system, using three events between 2018 and 2019 to determine the four available spots in Bujold s weight class. The 33-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., had been ranked second before her maternity leave, but didn t compete in the three events used in the revised ranking because she d just given birth to daughter Kate Olympia.