Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to complete as neutrals at next summer’s Olympics in Paris, the International Olympic Committee has announced. The IOC said on Tuesday that sporting federations had requested a decision “as soon as possible” amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Kellie Harrington has won an Olympic gold medal. She defeated favourite Beatriz Ferreira from Brazil in the lightweight final to become only the third Irish boxer to be crowned Olympic champion. The five ringside judges all scored the fight in favour of the Irish woman who put in the performance of her life.
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Kellie Harrington is through to the Olympic lightweight final and will fight for the gold medal on Sunday. The 31-year-old Dubliner defeated Thailand’s Sudaporn Seesondee in a tight and tactical semi-final at the Kokugikan Arena. She prevailed by the narrowest of margins on a split 3-2 decision.
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Ireland’s Kellie Harrington remained on track to repeat Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold medal win at the London 2012 Olympics by guaranteeing herself a bronze medal at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo and becoming only the second Irish woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.
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Lamont Marcell Jacobs carved out a very special place for himself in the annals of athletics with victory in the men’s 100m final at the Olympics. An unlikely successor to Usain Bolt has been crowned. America’s Fred Kerley picked up the silver medal and Canadian Andre De Grasse took bronze.
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