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08/08/2012
Katie Taylor Wins Place In Olympic Final
Boxer Katie Taylor has made in through to the Olympic finals, securing herself at least a silver medal, after defeating Tajikistan’s Mavzuna Chorieva.
Taylor controlled the fight throughout the four rounds and won 17-9 at the ExCeL Arena.
She will now fight for the gold medal tomorrow afternoon against either Sofya Ochigava of Russia or Adriana Araujo from Brazil.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Bray to watch the fight on two big screens.
In other Olympic boxing news, light-flyweight Paddy Barnes will claim at least a bronze medal if he can win his quarter-final fight against India's Devendro Singh Laishram tonight.
And Michael Conlan last night secured Ireland's third medal of the Games with a 22-18 victory in his flyweight quarter-final contest.
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Taylor controlled the fight throughout the four rounds and won 17-9 at the ExCeL Arena.
She will now fight for the gold medal tomorrow afternoon against either Sofya Ochigava of Russia or Adriana Araujo from Brazil.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Bray to watch the fight on two big screens.
In other Olympic boxing news, light-flyweight Paddy Barnes will claim at least a bronze medal if he can win his quarter-final fight against India's Devendro Singh Laishram tonight.
And Michael Conlan last night secured Ireland's third medal of the Games with a 22-18 victory in his flyweight quarter-final contest.
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