06 August 2022 | Boxing

Ugandan 19-year-old boxer Teddy Nakimuli won bronze at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

She progressed to the semi-finals with a walkover after Sara Haghighat-Joo from Sierra Leone failed to make the grade in the women’s 48kg-50kg (Light Flyweight).

However, Teddy lost to Northern Ireland boxer Carly McNaul by unanimous victory on all five judges’ scorecards.

It will be McNaul’s second successive Commonwealth final, following her silver medal success at Gold Coast 2018.

Nakimuli's bronze is Uganda's fourth medal at the 2022 games after Peruth Chemutai's bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase, Jacob Kiplimo, and Victor Kiplangat's Gold medals in the men's 10,000m and men's marathon respectively.

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