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Claressa Shields of the United States defeated Russia's Nadezda Torlopova on Thursday night, 19-12, to win the gold medal in women's Olympic middleweight boxing. The London 2012 Games are the first time women's boxing would be included as a sport. The 17-year-old is the second-youngest fighter to win gold in either men's or women's boxing.  Shields was the only American fighter to reach the gold-medal match in London.  Her teammate Marlen Esparza won the bronze medal Thursday in the women's flyweight competition. 
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