Cindy Ngamba is beaten in her boxing semi-final but will still return from Paris 2024 with a historic bronze medal - the first by an athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team.
Cindy Ngamba was beaten in her boxing semi-final but will still return from Paris 2024 with a historic bronze medal - the first by an athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team.
But the three judges who had previously scored the fight even all ultimately sided with Bylon for a 4-1 victory - a decision that was met with loud boos at Roland Garros Arena. Aged 20, Ngamba was arrested, along with her brother Kennet, and sent from Manchester to a detention camp in London and at risk of being deported until being released a day later.
She trains with the squad in Sheffield, took part in the pre-Games photoshoot with the British squad and had GB Boxing coaches in her corner against Bylon.
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