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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mark Staniforth

Boxer to get Commonwealth Games medal despite not winning any fights

Tarona Taafaki claimed a medal at the Commonwealth Games - (Getty)

Twenty-year-old Tarona Taafaki has secured Tuvalu’s first ever Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow despite not winning a single fight.

Competing in the women’s 75kg division, which only have five entrants, Taafaki was guaranteed at least a bronze as she was given a bye directly into the semi-finals.

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