Japan's Sina wins women's featherweight boxing gold at Tokyo Olympics

2021-08-03T19:04:02.660Z

Tokyo, SANA- Japan's Irie Sina won the gold medal in the women's featherweight boxing competitions Tokyo-Sana Japan's Irie Sina won the gold medal in the women's featherweight competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Sina won the semi-finals today, over the Philippines, Nesthi Betisio, in the final of the Tokyo Olympics, by unanimous decision, 5-0, and is the first Japanese boxer to win an Olympic title. Featherweight boxing is one of two new women's weight classes to be added to the Olympics.