Boxer secures Tuvalu’s first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a bout

Tarona Taafaki, a twenty-year-old boxer, has secured Tuvalu's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in the women's 75kg category in Glasgow. Taafaki reached the semi-finals via a bye, where she lost to India's Lovlina Borgohain through an unanimous points decision. Because all boxers eliminated during the semi-final stage are awarded bronze medals, Taafaki achieved this historic feat for the small South Pacific island nation without winning a single bout during the competition's proceedings.