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SPORTS SHORTS 192: PHILIPPINES FINISHES 11TH AHEAD OF POWERHOUSES KAZAKHSTAN, AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND THAILAND IN OLYMPIC BOXING MEDAL STANDINGS By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Mon, 09 Aug 2021  Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial placed the Philippines once again in the Olympic Boxing map. Before the Tokyo 2020 Games, the country won a medal 25 years ago in 1996 Atlanta Olympics courtesy of the men's light flyweight silver medal of Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco. * * * There were 81 participating nations with 291 boxers who competed in 15 days and 276 bouts. The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo took place from July 24 to August 8, 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. * * * The number of weight classes for men has been reduced from ten to eight, and there were five women's events, an increase from three at Rio in 2016, and just the third time that females have competed in the ring at the Summer Games. * * * The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had been stripped of the right to organize the tournament, because of alleged "issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics and refereeing and judging". * * * Boxing was instead be organized by an ad-hoc IOC Boxing Task Force. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed and cancelled several qualifying events. * * * Cuba retained overall supremacy in the medal tally for boxing. Great Britain followed at second. Russian Olympic Committee and Brazil were third and fourth, respectively. Turkey rounded up the top five. * * * Philippines ranked 11th with United States ahead at 10th and Uzbekistan at 9th place. Boxing powerhouses Kazakhstan (14th), Australia, India and Thailand all tied at 15th were behind the Philippines. * * * Rank-Country-Gold-Silver-Bronze-Total 1 Cuba 4-0-1-5 2 Great Britain 2-2--2-6 3 ROC 1-1-4-6 4 Brazil 1-1-1-3 5 Turkey 1-1-0-2 6 Japan 1-0-2-3 7 Ireland 1-0-1-2 8 Bulgaria 1-0-0-1 8 Uzbekistan 1-0-0-1 10 United States 0-3-1-4 11 Philippines 0-2-1-3 12 China 0-2-0-2 13 Ukraine 0-1-0-1 14 Kazakhstan 0-0-2-2 15 Armenia 0-0-1-1 15 Australia 0-0-1-1 15 Azerbaijan 0-0-1-1 15 Chinese Taipei 0-0-1-1 15 Finland 0-0-1-1 15 Ghana 0-0-1-1 15 India 0-0-1-1 15 Italy 0-0-1-1 15 Netherlands 0-0-1-1 15 New Zealand 0-0-1-1 15 Thailand 0-0-1-1 * * * A total of 25 countries won boxing medals in Tokyo. The Philippines placed 11th behind the United States at 10th. All three American finalists lost in the gold medal match. Andre Ward was the last U.S. men’s boxer to win a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. * * * Men Flyweight Galal Yafai (Great Britain) gold Carlo Paalam (Philippines) silver Saken Bibossinov (Kazakhstan) bronze Ryomei Tanaka (Japan) bronze * * * Featherweight Albert Batyrgaziev (ROC) gold Duke Ragan (United States) silver Lázaro Álvarez (Cuba) bronze Samuel Takyi (Ghana) bronze * * * Lightweight Andy Cruz (Cuba) gold Keyshawn Davis (United States) silver Harry Garside (Australia) bronze Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) bronze * * * Welterweight Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) gold Pat McCormack (Great Britain) silver Andrey Zamkovoy (ROC) bronze Aidan Walsh (Ireland) bronze * * * Middleweight Hebert Conceição (Brazil) gold Oleksandr Khyzhniak (Ukraine) silver Gleb Bakshi (ROC) bronze Eumir Marcial (Philippines) bronze * * * Light heavyweight Arlen López (Cuba) gold Benjamin Whittaker (Great Britain) silver Loren Alfonso (Azerbaijan) bronze Imam Khataev (ROC) bronze * * * Heavyweight Julio César La Cruz (Cuba) gold Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (ROC) silver Abner Teixeira (Brazil) bronze David Nyika (New Zealand) bronze * * * Super heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) gold Richard Torrez (United States) silver Frazer Clarke (Great Britain) bronze Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhstan) bronze * * * Women Flyweight Stoyka Krasteva (Bulgaria) gold Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (Turkey) silver Tsukimi Namiki (Japan) bronze Huang Hsiao-wen (Chinese Taipei) bronze * * * Featherweight Sena Irie (Japan) gold Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) silver Karriss Artingstall (Great Britain) bronze Irma Testa (Italy) bronze * * * Lightweight Kellie Harrington (Ireland) gold Beatriz Ferreira (Brazil) silver Sudaporn Seesondee (Thailand) bronze Mira Potkonen (Finland) bronze * * * Welterweight Busenaz Sürmeneli (Turkey) gold Gu Hong (China) silver Lovlina Borgohain (India) bronze Oshae Jones (United States) bronze * * * Middleweight Lauren Price (Great Britain) gold Li Qian (China) silver Nouchka Fontijn (Netherlands) bronze Zemfira Magomedalieva (ROC) bronze * * * Hidilyn Diaz started training in weightlifting at the age of 11. "I got curious when my cousins did it … I tried to do it and I loved it. I felt like I belonged; like I’m good with it and I wanted to do it more and more,” she told Channel News Asia. * * * But her mother was not so avid on her participating in weightlifting. “My mum didn’t want me to do weightlifting because the sport is for men. And all of my cousins were men doing it,” she added. * * * But Diaz’s mother was convinced later. "My mum supported me after she saw I was doing good in weightlifting, I was able to get a scholarship, I was able to help them,” said Diaz. * * * Weightlifting shouldered the family’s financial problems. She is the fifth of six siblings. "We just ate three times a day and we are okay (with that). Sometimes we didn’t eat, we could not buy food for six siblings … That’s how it was,” Diaz explained. * * * Kevin Durant joins Carmelo Anthony as the only players to win three Olympic gold medals for the U.S. men's basketball team. The only other players to win three medals overall for Team USA are David Robinson and LeBron James both with 2 golds and 1 bronze. * * * The Olympic win is also remarkable for the Milwaukee Bucks' Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday, who join Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving as the only players to win an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Maloney L. Samaco.  |
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