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Cuba's Sotolongo wins light-welterweight gold

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Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (L) fights Italy's Vincenzo Mangiacapre Men's Light Welter (64kg) semi-final boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Aug. 12

LONDON (Reuters) - Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo beat Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk to win the men's Olympic light-welterweight boxing gold medal on Saturday.

Sotolongo claimed a 22-15 victory at the Excel Arena in south east London.

Losing semi-finalists Vincenzo Mangiacapre of Italy and Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg of Mongolia took bronze.

(Reporting by Patrick Johnston)

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