Tokyo Olympics: Sheffield-based boxers secure best medal haul at Games since 1920
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Welterweight Pat McCormack won a silver medal on Tuesday after being beaten in the men’s welterweight final by Cuba’s Roniel Iglesias.
McCormack’s silver adds to Karriss Artingstall’s bronze, while British compatriots Frazer Clarke, Ben Whittaker, Lauren Price and Galal Yafai will also take home medals, doubling the number of gongs they won at Rio 2016 and securing their best ever haul since the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
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Hide AdBut 20-year-old Caroline Dubois – the younger sister of heavyweight Daniel – missed out on the podium after a narrow loss on points to Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee in the women's lightweight quarter-final.
The English Institute of Sport in Sheffield is the training base for Great Britain’s boxers and has been described as a “medal factory” following the latest cohort’s stunning performance at an Olympic Games.
McCormack was satisfied with winning silver to help Team GB’s boxers equal their best-ever overseas haul, but he has signalled his intention to leave the amateur ranks behind.
He said: “It’s been a long time coming, obviously with the lockdown and everything, it got pushed back a year. I was hoping to be professional now but I’m an Olympic silver medallist, it’s a good platform to turn professional. I’m just ready for the pros.”
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Hide AdSuper-heavyweight Clarke will fight in the semi-finals on Wednesday morning, while Whittaker will go for gold in the light heavyweight final after him.
Yafai is in the flyweight quarter-finals on Thursday morning and Price competes in the middleweight semi-finals 24 hours later.