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By Jake Donovan - Results are in for the 2008 Olympic semi-finals. Team Cuba sent eight fighters into the medal round; they are now down to four. Team China went 2-1 on the day. Great Britain and Ireland split their two head-to-head matchups. Both countries sent three fighters to the semi-finals; both countries went 1-2.
Russia sent four to the medal rounds and are left with two, though one is Aleksei Tishchenko, who is all but without peer at lightweight where he is a shoo-in to capture Olympic Gold. Team Ukraine is down to their last chance for a gold medal, though they have to like their chances as featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko continues to wreak havoc on the rest of the world. The southpaw has only allowed a total of 12 points in four Olympic wins this year and now faces France's Khedafi Djelkhir.
Finally, Team USA bows out of the competition, with Deontay Wilder falling considerably short in his heavyweight semi-final with Clemente Russo of Italy. His loss leaves USA with one Bronze medal, tying the 1948 squad for the lowest medal output, but ranking the worst all time since the aforementioned team at least escaped with Silver.[details]
Russia sent four to the medal rounds and are left with two, though one is Aleksei Tishchenko, who is all but without peer at lightweight where he is a shoo-in to capture Olympic Gold. Team Ukraine is down to their last chance for a gold medal, though they have to like their chances as featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko continues to wreak havoc on the rest of the world. The southpaw has only allowed a total of 12 points in four Olympic wins this year and now faces France's Khedafi Djelkhir.
Finally, Team USA bows out of the competition, with Deontay Wilder falling considerably short in his heavyweight semi-final with Clemente Russo of Italy. His loss leaves USA with one Bronze medal, tying the 1948 squad for the lowest medal output, but ranking the worst all time since the aforementioned team at least escaped with Silver.[details]
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