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| Boxer Paddy Barnes misses out on Olympic final | |
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| Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes has narrowly missed out on winning an Olympic gold medal. | |
| Barnes drew his light-flyweight semi-final with Zou Shiming 15-15, but bowed out 45-44 after a countback. | Barnes drew his light-flyweight semi-final with Zou Shiming 15-15, but bowed out 45-44 after a countback. |
| Barnes, who will now be awarded a bronze, is the first Irish boxer to win a medal at consecutive Olympic Games. He also won bronze in Beijing. | Barnes, who will now be awarded a bronze, is the first Irish boxer to win a medal at consecutive Olympic Games. He also won bronze in Beijing. |
| There, he was also defeated by the same fighter at the semi-final stage. | There, he was also defeated by the same fighter at the semi-final stage. |
| BBC Newsline watched the game with Barnes' trainer Gerry Storey. | |
| "Coming up to the third round, I had them level because it was a good even fight," he said. | |
| "Paddy was there, he kept in close, he wasn't wide and his punches and combinations were going the way he wanted them. | |
| "The body punches that he scored should have won him that fight. | |
| "Knowing Paddy, he'll be disappointed, but then again, he's the only one who has brought Zou to a countback and he's the top man." | |
| Earlier, Barnes' father - Paddy Barnes snr - said it was the "biggest fight" of the boxer's life. | Earlier, Barnes' father - Paddy Barnes snr - said it was the "biggest fight" of the boxer's life. |
| He told BBC Radio Ulster: "Patrick's a different person from four years ago, he's a completely different person. He's a far improved boxer and I think and hope people are going to see the best of Paddy Barnes today." | He told BBC Radio Ulster: "Patrick's a different person from four years ago, he's a completely different person. He's a far improved boxer and I think and hope people are going to see the best of Paddy Barnes today." |
| Meanwhile, Westmeath's John Joe Nevin is guaranteed at least a silver medal after beating Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez Estrada. | |
| The 23-year-old, from Mullingar, beat the current world champion 19-14. | |
| Team Ireland also has a further chance of obtaining another gold medal on Friday evening. | Team Ireland also has a further chance of obtaining another gold medal on Friday evening. |
| Belfast's Michael Conlan, 20, will bid for a place in the flyweight final at 20:45 BST. | Belfast's Michael Conlan, 20, will bid for a place in the flyweight final at 20:45 BST. |