Tuvalu boxer wins first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a bout

Twenty-year-old boxer Tarona Taafaki has won Tuvalu’s first Commonwealth Games medal in the women’s 75kg category without winning a bout. As one of five entrants, she received bronze after losing in the semi-finals, under rules that award bronze medals to all boxers eliminated at that stage.

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Boxer lands country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight

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Sky Published 1 August 2026

Boxer lands country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight

A boxer from the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu has won her country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight.

Guardian Published 1 August 2026

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

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 entrants in the women’s 75kg category, received a bye to the semi-finals where she lost on an unanimous points decision to…

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