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Thursday, 9 August 2012
Katie Taylor has beaten Russia's Sofya Ochigava and won Olympic gold for Ireland.
Katie Taylor has beaten Russia's Sofya Ochigava 10-8 and won Olympic gold for Ireland.
The 26-year-old from Bray, Co Wicklow, came from behind to win the female boxing lightweight final at the ExCeL Arena in London.
The fight was tied at 2-2 after the first round, and Taylor trailed 4-3 after the second.
However, she went on to win the third round 4-2 to lead 7-5, and held on for the win.
It is the first Olympic Games in which women competed inside the boxing ring and her fight attracted intense national and international attention.
Many work-places around the country closed early for the bout which began shortly before 5pm.
Big screens have been in place at her home town where thousands of fans watched her box her way to victory and a gold medal.
Taylor won the last fight between them in the World Championship final in China in May.
The four-time world champion secured her place in the final with a 17-9 victory over Mavzuna Chorieva of Tajikistan in yesterday’s semi-final.
Large crowds gathered in Taylor’s home town Bray to watch the fight on big screens.
Last night, Paddy Barnes secured Ireland's fifth medal of the Olympics when he beat India's Devendro Singh Laishram 23-18.
He will face Zou Shiming from China in the semi-final tomorrow. Zou beat Barnes at the same stage in Beijing in 2008.
Barnes, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, becomes the first Irish man to win medals at two consecutive Olympics since Dr Pat O’Callaghan in 1928 and 1932.
John Joe Nevin and Michael Conlan will also fight for a place in the final of their respective weight divisions tomorrow.
Katie Taylor has beaten Russia's Sofya Ochigava and won Olympic gold for Ireland.
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Katie Taylor has won Ireland's first gold medal of the London Olympics -
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Crowds gathered in Bray to watch Katie Taylor's fight
Katie Taylor has beaten Russia's Sofya Ochigava 10-8 and won Olympic gold for Ireland.
The 26-year-old from Bray, Co Wicklow, came from behind to win the female boxing lightweight final at the ExCeL Arena in London.
The fight was tied at 2-2 after the first round, and Taylor trailed 4-3 after the second.
However, she went on to win the third round 4-2 to lead 7-5, and held on for the win.
It is the first Olympic Games in which women competed inside the boxing ring and her fight attracted intense national and international attention.
Many work-places around the country closed early for the bout which began shortly before 5pm.
Big screens have been in place at her home town where thousands of fans watched her box her way to victory and a gold medal.
Taylor won the last fight between them in the World Championship final in China in May.
The four-time world champion secured her place in the final with a 17-9 victory over Mavzuna Chorieva of Tajikistan in yesterday’s semi-final.
Large crowds gathered in Taylor’s home town Bray to watch the fight on big screens.
Last night, Paddy Barnes secured Ireland's fifth medal of the Olympics when he beat India's Devendro Singh Laishram 23-18.
He will face Zou Shiming from China in the semi-final tomorrow. Zou beat Barnes at the same stage in Beijing in 2008.
Barnes, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, becomes the first Irish man to win medals at two consecutive Olympics since Dr Pat O’Callaghan in 1928 and 1932.
John Joe Nevin and Michael Conlan will also fight for a place in the final of their respective weight divisions tomorrow.
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