Boxer Mandy Bujold’s Olympic fight comes to quick end in ring in Tokyo

Bujold, 34, from Kitchener, Ont., got here out tentative and could not appear to seek out her footing or rhythm, by no means actually threatening the Serbian fighter.

It was arduous to foretell how Bujold would look right here in Tokyo. Regardless of being an 11-time nationwide champion and the one Canadian girl to battle in two Olympics (she completed fifth on the Rio Olympics in 2016), this was her first aggressive battle in additional than 15 months. She did not look sharp.

Bujold’s battle to truly get to those Tokyo Video games made worldwide headlines, incomes help from various high-profile athletes, together with retired tennis legend Billie Jean King.

Throughout 2018 and components of 2019, Bujold, who was ranked No. 2 on the earth on the time, was on maternity go away after giving delivery and out of the ring. However after COVID-19 cancelled various key Olympic qualifying tournaments, she gave the impression to be out of luck.

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It was solely after a profitable enchantment to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), who dominated the qualifying standards ought to have taken into consideration girls who have been pregnant or had just lately had a child, did she make it to Tokyo.

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Watch boxer Mandy Bujold of Kitchener, Ont., learn her assertion after the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dominated that Olympic qualification standards should embrace an lodging for girls who have been pregnant or postpartum throughout the qualification interval, paving the best way for Bujold to compete on the Tokyo Olympics. 5:40