FLYWEIGHT boxer Patrick Chinyemba has won Zambia’s second gold medal at the 13th edition of the All-Africa Games in Accra, Ghana, after his South Africa opponent Lubabalo Lusizi pulled out of the gold medal bout. Chinyemba, whose reputation has grown across the world, was set to fight Lusizi in the final yesterday but the Zambian camp was told the opponent would not take to the ring. This was Zambia’s second gold medal at the games, after Judoka Stephen Mung’andu won his final contest last week. In an interview with Goal Diggers, Chinyemba described winning a gold medal as a dream come true. “I am happy and honoured to deliver a gold medal for Zambia without even stepping inside the ring....

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