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Chinese boxers into last 16

Tuesday, 12 August 2008


BEIJING, Aug. 11: Chinese boxers Monday reached the last 16 of the Olympic featherweight and lightweight competitions in front of a boisterous home crowd, while Russia's world champion Albert Selimov lost to a Ukrainian.

Li Yang, the bronze medalist of the 2007 world championships, launched fierce attacks on Brazil's Robson Conceicao, who trailed all the way to lose 12-4 in the featherweight match.

Li told Xinhua, "I'm satisfied with my performance today because I'm in very good psychological condition during the home match."