Nova Scotia crowd roars as local boxer wins bronze

KENNETCOOK, N.S. – More than 400 of Wyatt Sanford’s neighbours successful mini Kennetcook, N.S., shouted this greeting arsenic nan Nova Scotia boxer loomed ample connected an outdoor large surface and won a bronze badge astatine nan Paris Olympics.

Wyatt’s accomplishment marks Canada’s first Olympic badge successful boxing since 1996.

The 25-year-old southpaw mislaid to Sofiane Oumiha of France astatine nan North Paris Arena, but Sanford was guaranteed to triumph a badge sloppy of nan result of nan match.

Under Olympic boxing rules, nan 2 boxers who suffer successful nan semifinal information are awarded bronze medals alternatively than compete against each other.

In Kennetcook’s Findley Park, a soggy shot section astir 4,900 kilometres from Paris, virtually everyone successful nan crowd was wearing reddish and waving Canadian flags arsenic nan lucifer sewage underway.

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The crowd roared each clip Sanford landed a punch, but nan upbeat temper was deflated aft nan 3rd information erstwhile it became clear Wyatt would suffer connected points and miss his chance to compete for a golden medal.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 4, 2024