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On April 2, 2005, Zerlentes was participating in the Colorado State Boxing Senior Female Championships (an amateur boxing contest) at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. She was knocked out in the third round by her opponent, Heather Schmitz, fell unconscious, and never regained consciousness. Zerlentes is the first woman known to have ...
Carini (blue) and Khelif during their second-round fight at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Carini competed in the women's 66 kg division at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [4]On 1 August, she faced Imane Khelif in a bout that sparked intense debate within the boxing community.
During the London Olympics, Eliška Misáková, one of nine members of the Czechoslovak women's team in gymnastics, became ill on arrival in the host city. Diagnosed with polio , she died on the last day of the Olympics, the same day her remaining teammates won the competition .
Italian boxer Angela Carini came to the Paris Olympics aiming for a medal to honor her late father and coach, who died shortly after she participated in the Tokyo Games three years ago. The 25 ...
The International Olympic Committee has allowed both Khelif and Chinese Tapei’s Lin Yu‑ting to compete at the Paris Olympics. Organizers note that both boxers have passports that indicate they ...
Claressa Maria Shields [1] (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female light heavyweight title ...
Italian boxer Angela Carini has apologized after quitting her bout at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds, an emotional viral moment that led to online abuse of her Algerian opponent, Imane Khelif.
Nicola Virginia Adams OBE (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female flyweight title in 2019.