12:13
9 months ago
Geoff Berkeley
at the Hangzhou Gymnasium
Geoff Berkeley

Lin lands first boxing gold of day with women's under-57kg success

Chinese Taipei's double world champion Lin Yu-ting has captured the first boxing gold of the night with victory over Karina Ibragimova of Kazakhstan in the women's under-57kg final.

It was a gripping battle with both boxers ending up on the floor at the end of the first round as they scrapped for the ascendancy.

Ibragimova landed some solid shots at times but it was not enough to turn the judges in her favour as she lost all three rounds to Lin.


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