Olympics-Boxing-Russian Batyrgaziev wins men's featherweight gold medal

TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian Albert Batyrgaziev beat Duke Ragan of the United States to win the gold medal in the men's featherweight boxing final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

Ragan took the silver medal while Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba and Samuel Takyi of Ghana both won bronze medals as losing semi-finalists.

(Reporting by Martin Petty and Philip O'Connor; Editing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Featherweight - Final - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee reacts after winning his fight against Duke Ragan of the United States REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Featherweight - Final - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee and Duke Ragan of the United States react after their fight REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Featherweight - Final - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee and Duke Ragan of the United States react after their fight REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Featherweight - Final - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Duke Ragan of the United States reacts after loosing his final fight against Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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