Mandy Bujold will compete at the Olympics for a second timeA boxer who missed out on Olympic qualification because she was pregnant has won one of her biggest fights - to compete at this summer's Tokyo Games. Mandy Bujold, an 11-time Canadian champion, will be in Japan after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruled in her favour. In the wake of that, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its boxing taskforce said qualification would be decided on three events from 2018 and 2019, when flyweight Bujold was on maternity leave. As a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and two-time Pan-American champion who was fifth at the 2016 Olympics, Bujold thought writing to the IOC after its initial decision would be enough for a change of heart. Bujold will now finalise her preparations for the Games, which begin on 23 July.

Source: BBC June 30, 2021 22:14 UTC