Boxer secures Tuvalu’s first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a bout

Guardian World•Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 10:07 AM•2 min read

Tarona Taafaki makes history in women’s 75kg category All boxers eliminated in semis receive bronze medals A boxer has made history for ⁠Tuvalu by winning the tiny Pacific island nation’s first Commonwealth ⁠Games medal without winning a single fight. Twenty-year-old Tarona Taafaki, ⁠one of five...

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