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Chinese feather weight (57 kg) boxer Li Yang was eliminated in the quarterfinals on Monday. |
Chinese feather weight (57 kg) boxer Li Yang was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Beijing Olympic Games on Monday.
He was beaten by Vasyl Lomachenko from Ukraine 11-2. Despite his courage and fierceness, the 26-year-old Chinese boxer failed to get more points from his rival, who is six years younger and good at defense.
Li lost to Lomachenko on tie-break in the semifinals of the 2007 World Champions. Lemachenko became the silver medalist eventually at that time.
"I lost patience at the beginning and initiated attacks, which I am actually not good at," Li after Monday's match.
Li said he was a little upset as he had hoped to revenge last year's defeat on home ring.
"I will have more training so that I can do better in the London Olympic Games," he added.
(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2008)
