As Cindy Ngamba exited a thumping Roland Garros after a close, heartbreaking defeat in her semi-final, she was saluted by a crowd of nearly 15,000 people, many of whom rose to their feet in recognition of her success.
Despite a tenacious fightback after a one-sided first round, Ngamba was edged out of the women’s 75kg women’s division by the veteran Atheyna Bylon of Panama. But she leaves having produced one of the great stories of the 2024 Games.
