Cuban Boxer Erislandy Alvarez Wins Gold Medal in Paris
Cuban Light Weight Boxer Erislandy Alvarez, Aug 7, 2024 Photo: @ReutersSports
August 7, 2024 Hour: 9:47 pm
It was a revenge fight for the Antillean after falling to his rival in the 2023 World Championship final in Tashkent and the most important of his life
Cuban light-weight boxer Erislandy Alvarez defeated French Sofiane Oumiha 3-2 today in the Roland Garros ring and won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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It was a revenge fight for the Antillean after falling to his rival in the 2023 World Championship final in Tashkent and the most important of his life, to give the delegation of his country the second gold metal in this summer event and the only one he could achieve in the sport of fists.
Álvarez, 24 years old, took out the line of champions in a close match against an opponent who, in addition to the advantage of the localía, went up to the encerado with a list that includes an Olympic silver and three titles in tournaments of the orb.
This is the 80th prize won by the fighters of the largest island in the Caribbean in the history of the Olympics and the 42th gold, only surpassed by the fighters of the United States.
Bronze medals in this division of up to 63.5 kilograms went to the breasts of Georgian Lasha Guruli and Canadian Wyatt Sanford.
Autor: CC
Fuente: PL-EFE
