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Alexey Tishchenko (red) of Russia competes with Daouda Sow of France at the menĄŻs light (60kg) final bout at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at WorkerĄŻs Gymnasium in Beijing, China, Aug. 24, 2008. Alexey Tishchenko won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Alexey Tishchenko of
Russia became the fourth boxer to win golds in two weight divisions at Olympics
when he edged past Frenchman Daouda Sow to claim men's light weight (60kg) title
at the Beijing olympic boxing tournament on Sunday.
"During the entire fight I felt like I had the
advantage. I had no doubts at all that I would win, even though the win was by
two points only," the Russia said.
Tishchenko, who won men's feather title at the Athens
2004, met serious challenge from the Frenchman and led at 3-2 after the first
bout.
It was very close in the second and third bouts which
saw Sow pull within 10-8.
The Frenchman had once cut the cushion to just one
point, but Tishchenko stayed cool to notch up one more point with only 12
seconds left for the match. The Russian won the match at 11-9.
"This is Boxing. There is one winner and one loser,
we have to accept the result of the fight," the Frenchman said.
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Alexey Tishchenko (red) of Russia competes with Daouda Sow of France at the menĄŻs light (60kg) final bout at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at WorkerĄŻs Gymnasium in Beijing, China, Aug. 24, 2008. Alexey Tishchenko won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/Chen Xie)
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Gold medalist Alexey Tishchenko (2nd L) of Russia, silver medalist Daouda Sow (L) of France, and bronze medalists Hrachik Javakhyan (2nd R) of Armenia and Yordenis Ugas of Cuba stand on the podium during the awarding ceremony of the menĄŻs light (60kg) class at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at WorkerĄŻs Gymnasium in Beijing, China, Aug. 24, 2008. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
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