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Dominican Republic: Gold Medal in Boxing

Sunday, August 24th, 2008 @ 20:24 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Dominican Republic
Topics:: Sport
Languages:: Spanish
Special:: Olympics

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Duarte 101 [es] celebrates the gold medal of Félix Díaz for his win in the Olympics. It was the first time since 1984 that a boxer from the Dominican Republic brought home a gold medal.

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