Team USA’s Omari Jones R16 bout – Credit: NBC Olympics
Team USA’s welterweight Omari Jones defeated Bulgaria’s unseeded Rami Kiwan in their quarterfinal bout at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, ensuring (at least) a bronze medal — and setting up a semifinal bout with Uzbekistani Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev.
Jones, 21 years old, will become the first American welterweight since Kenneth Gould at the 1988 Seoul Olympics to claim a medal in this men’s boxing weight class.
Boxing is one of the rare Olympic sports that awards two bronze medals per contested event — one for each losing semifinalist on opposing sides of the bracket.
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Later on Saturday, lightweight Jahmal Harvey competes against Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Uulu in the quarterfinals. Should he win, Harvey would also be guaranteed a medal — although which color would be determined in his potential semifinal (and/or final) bout.
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