Olympics-Cuba's Ramirez wins bantamweight gold

ByReuters

Published 20/08/2016 at 17:41 GMT

Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez won the men's Olympic bantamweight gold medal on Saturday and ended U.S.

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hopes of their first men's champion since 2004.

The 2012 flyweight gold medallist beat 19-year-old Shakur Stevenson, the bright prospect on the U.S. men's team who had reached the final after a semi-final walkover, on a split decision.

The gold was Cuba's second of the boxing tournament after Julio Cesar La Cruz secured the light-heavyweight title on Thursday.

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