Canada’s Mandy Bujold officially named to Olympic boxing team

“I’m very excited to affix Workforce Canada for my second Olympic Video games,” Bujold stated in a press launch. “I’m prepared and looking out ahead to showcasing my abilities on the most important stage.”

The 33-year-old Kitchener, Ont., native was initially dominated ineligible after being pregnant and postpartum through the interval the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) used to find out the qualification course of.

“What an inspiration Mandy Bujold has been to our complete Canadian crew – her dedication and persistence to battle for her rights exterior the ring matched her extremely inventive coaching for contained in the ring,” stated Workforce Canada’s Tokyo 2020 Chef de Mission, Marnie McBean.

“Our first-time Olympic boxers have an unbelievable chief of their midst. They’re all going to be so thrilling to observe.”

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Unable to compete in 2018 or 2019 on account of her being pregnant, Bujold had set her sights on punching her ticket to Tokyo in Might on the Olympic qualifying event in Buenos Aeries. However the occasion was cancelled because of the pandemic, resulting in Bujold’s largest battle but.

WATCH | Bujold says ‘sky is the restrict for all ladies’ after profitable authorized battle:

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

The 11-time nationwide flyweight champion was ranked second on the planet earlier than her being pregnant, and appeals arguing for her Olympic choice had been made on behalf of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Boxing Canada. 

After a petition from Bujold and her lawyer was turned down by the IOC, the Canadian fighter’s battle continued along with her profitable attraction to the CAS.

Bujold made worldwide headlines in her battle, and earned help from quite a few high-profile individuals together with retired tennis star Billie Jean King and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

The 2-time Pan American Video games champion completed fifth on the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Tammara Thibeault, Myriam Da Silva, Caroline Veyre and Wyatt Sanford certified by way of their world rankings, based mostly on competitions in 2018 and ’19, as per the IOC Boxing Process Power’s standards for choice. They’re going to be making their Olympic debuts.

Full crew

• Mandy Bujold — Kitchener, Ont. (ladies’s flyweight, 51kg)
• Caroline Veyre — Montreal (ladies’s featherweight, 57kg) 
• Myriam Da Silva — Chamble, Que. (ladies’s welterweight, 69kg
• Tammara Thibeault  — Regina (ladies’s middleweight, 75kg)
• Wyatt Sanford — Kennetcook, N.S. (males’s welterweight, 69kg)