Jubani just misses out on gold in Youth Olympics
Irish boxer Kristian Jubani secured a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar after a narrow 3-2 loss in the final. Despite the defeat, Jubani expressed pride in his performance and remains optimistic about his future in the sport.
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Kristian Jubani's gold medal boxing bid at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal ended in agonising fashion after a 3-2 loss in the deciding fight.
The Crumlin Boxing Club athlete was fighting in the men's 50kg category in Dakar and took on India's Ambekar Meetei Lairenlakpam.
Jubani - a silver medallist at the European Under-19 games in August - found himself in an excellent position after the first round as he took a 10-9 lead on all five scorecards.
Lairenlakpam got the nod on three cards in the next but the Irish fighter still led heading into the last.
However, and despite winning 30-27 on judge Sulejmani Maksim's card, Lairenlakpam was given the verdict by four scorers in the final round to take victory.
Earlier this week he beat Iraq's Almohaimen Takleef and Alan Jesus Ocampo Cano of Mexico which had helped secured a medal.
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