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Lightweight (57-60 kilograms), Women

Date12 – 19 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationRiocentro Pavilhão 6, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants12 from 12 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Katie Taylor had dominated the weight division for a decade so it was a major surprise when she struggled to qualify for the Rio Games. The Irishwoman was defeated by France’s Estelle Mossely in the semi-finals of the 2016 World Championships which cost the chance of her sixth successive world title but not the top seeding for Rio. However it was still a major shock when Taylor lost her first bout to veteran Mira Potkonen of Finland on a majority decision. Meanwhile Mossely eased to a final via a wide points victory in her quarter-final and a semi-final win when her Russian opponent retired due to a shoulder injury in the first round.

The final would be contested between Mossely, the world champion, and Yin Junhua, the Asian Games champion from China. It turned to be a memorable 24th birthday for the Frenchwoman. Earlier she had watched fiancé Tony Yoka reach his own Olympic final by beating a Croatian opponent before herself fighting for gold. The consensus was that Yin led at the halfway point before Mossely came back strongly in the second half of the fight. The Ecuadorean judge scored the fight 39-37 for Yin, with the Puerto Rican’s tally tied at 38-38 and the Cuban judge voting 39-37 to Mossely. The Puerto Rican broke his tie in favour of the French boxer and France had only its’ second Olympic boxing champion since 1936. In a unique twist, Yoka would add another the next day. In March 2017 the couple announced they were expecting their first child.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Estelle MosselyFRAGold
2Yin JunhuaCHNSilver
=3Mira PotkonenFINBronze
=3Anastasiya BelyakovaRUSBronze
=5Katie TaylorIRL
=5Yana AlekseevnaAZE
=5Mikaela MayerUSA
=5Irma TestaITA
=9Adriana AraújoBRA
=9Hasnaa LachgarMAR
=9Jennifer ChiengFSM
=9Shelley WattsAUS

Round One

Date12 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Katie TaylorIRL
Match #212 Aug 11:34Mira PotkonenFINDecisionAdriana AraújoBRA
Match #312 Aug 11:50Yin JunhuaCHNDecisionHasnaa LachgarMAR
Match #4Yana AlekseevnaAZE
Match #5Anastasiya BelyakovaRUS
Match #612 Aug 17:32Mikaela MayerUSADecisionJennifer ChiengFSM
Match #712 Aug 17:49Irma TestaITADecisionShelley WattsAUS
Match #8Estelle MosselyFRA

Quarter-Finals

Date15 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #115 Aug 11:00Mira PotkonenFINDecisionKatie TaylorIRL
Match #215 Aug 11:17Yin JunhuaCHNDecisionYana AlekseevnaAZE
Match #315 Aug 17:00Anastasiya BelyakovaRUSDecisionMikaela MayerUSA
Match #415 Aug 17:18Estelle MosselyFRADecisionIrma TestaITA

Semi-Finals

Date17 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 Aug 14:00Yin JunhuaCHNDecisionMira PotkonenFIN
Match #217 Aug 14:16Estelle MosselyFRAReferee stops contestAnastasiya BelyakovaRUS

Final Round

Date19 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/219 Aug 16:16Estelle MosselyFRADecisionYin JunhuaCHN