Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight. Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final. The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to
Dominican Republic at the Olympics Dominican Republic at the Olympics The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota (""El Gringo" ") participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9sec, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round. The Dominican Republic has appeared in every one of the games since then. The Dominican Republic has never participated at the Winter Olympic Games. The Dominican Republic has won six medals at the Olympics. Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in 2004 Félix Sánchez won a gold in