Sunday, 21 August 2016

Shields becomes 1st American boxer with 2 gold medals (The Associated Press)

United States' Claressa Maria Shields displays her gold medals - from London and from Rio - for the women's middleweight 75-kg boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Claressa Shields won her second Olympic boxing gold medal Sunday, becoming the first American to win gold in two games. Shields dominated the first women's boxing tournament in London and was again the class of the middleweight division in Rio. The 21-year-old Flint, Michigan, native beat Netherlands fighter Nouchka Fontijn by unanimous decision in convincing fashion.



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