The women's flyweight (51 kilograms) event at the
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...
took place from 21 to 25 November 2010 at
Lingnan Mingzhu Gymnasium,
Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...
, China.
Like all Asian Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This was the first ever women's boxing tournament in the history of the Asian Games.
A total of 13 women from 13 countries competed, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 51 kilograms.
Ren Cancan of China won the gold medal. She beat
Annie Albania of the Philippines 7–5 in the final bout in Foshan Gymnasium.
Mary Kom
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (born 01 March 1983) is an Indian amateur boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to ha ...
and
Aya Shinmoto shared the bronze medal.
Ren Cancan became the first ever women's boxing champion at the Asian Games.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00)
Results
;Legend
*RSC — Won by referee stop contest
References
External links
Official website
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