THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) says Patrick Chinyemba’s elimination from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is painful. Chinyemba was one of the local athletes tipped to bag an Olympic medal before he was eliminated by Cape Verde’s David De Pina in the quarter finals of the men’s 51 kg at the North Paris Arena, in Paris France. Chinyemba, who was the first athlete to record a win at the Olympics, and teammate Margret Tembo, who was Zambia’s first female boxer to compete at the Olympics, are set to return home with nothing to show off following the duos early exit from the Games. “It’s very painful that Patrick couldn’t go all the way to win Zambia an Olympic medal but...

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