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In 2001, Irishwoman Katie Taylor [86] won the first officially sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland, at the National Stadium, defeating Alanna Audley from Belfast. [87] [88] In 2012, the first year women competed in boxing at the Olympics, [27] Katie Taylor won an Olympic gold medal in boxing; she was the first ever Olympic female ...
The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris [1] ran from 27 July to 10 August. [2] Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the Stade Roland Garros.
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round.
Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, defeated, Italy's Angela Carini in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris.
Imane Khelif won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s boxing 66-kilogram (145-pound) division on Friday, beating China’s Yang Liu. The feat culminated with her atop her coach’s shoulders ...
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva in their women's 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France ...
Wu Yu of China is an Olympic champion after defeating Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey 4:1 in the women’s 50-kg final. Imane Khelif is coming up after one more bout. Quick change: Roland Garros ...
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing events were added to the programme for the first time. [2] In 2016, the IBA allowed professional boxers to compete in Olympic events, previously being limited to amateur or state-funded boxers, for the first time. [6] [7]