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Cuba lets women boxers compete

6 December 2022
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2022-12-06 11:49

Cuban women athletes in boxing gyms are celebrating the authorities' decision to allow them to compete for the first time, following the announcement on Monday.

Cuba is known worldwide for boxing, home to many legendary male boxers and owner of dozens of Olympic medals in the sport. Félix Savón, Teófilo Stevenson and Julio César La Cruz are amongst the most renowned.

The competition will be a first step toward the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Women were first allowed to box in the Olympics in 2012. The announcement comes shortly after Cuban boxers made a comeback in May in Mexico, with male boxers competing on an international stage for the first time in 60 years.

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