Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight
| Women's lightweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 5 to 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Katie Taylor |
 Ireland
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Sofya Ochigava |
 Russia
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Mavzuna Chorieva |
 Tajikistan
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Adriana Araujo |
 Brazil
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The women's lightweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events were joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight and lightweight.
Katie Taylor from Ireland won the gold medal — the first of the 2012 Games for the country. Taylor defeated Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the final.
Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers: Adriana Araujo from Brazil and Mavzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan — the latter being the country's only medal at the 2012 Games.
The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were four rounds of two minutes each.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Some international media coverage of Ireland's Katie Taylor was criticised as insulting and inaccurate. While previewing her semi-final bout, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph incorrectly referred to Taylor as "British". The error was followed by an apology.
Fairfax Media of Australia also apologised after an article published in The Age, Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald was condemned as "lazy stereotyping" of the Irish. Ireland's ambassador to Australia, Noel White, issued a formal complaint about the article's reliance on Guinness, whiskey and potatoes to make a story.
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