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Summary Anthony Joshua of Britain won the super heavyweight gold medal at the London Olympics.
Anthony Joshua won the super heavyweight gold medal in the Olympic boxing tournament Sunday in front of his hometown fans, rallying from a late deficit to beat defending gold medalist Roberto Cammarelle of Italy on a tiebreaker.Joshuas medal ceremony after his thrilling victory was delayed about 15 minutes while Italy protested the result, but its complaints were swiftly rejected by amateur boxings governing body. Joshua won Britains third boxing gold of its home Olympics, along with bantamweight Luke Campbell and womens flyweight Nicola Adams.Lightweight Vasyl Lomachenko completed his second consecutive domination of an Olympic tournament with his second gold medal, cementing his claim as the pound-for-pound champion of amateur boxing.
