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Lori Ewing Mandy Bujold, right, of Ontario, lands a blow to the head of Kim Klavel, of Quebec, during their 51kg bout at the Canadian Olympic boxing trials, in Montreal, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes May 05, 2021 - 11:47 AM Mandy Bujold would have far preferred fighting this battle within the familiar ropes of the ring. Instead, the Tokyo Olympic fate for Canada's best boxer lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her Tokyo qualifying tournament was scrapped due to COVID-19. Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue...

But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Force) have yet responded" to her lawyer's letter sent April 23. "They have not reached out yet to indicate if they are planning to rectify the qualifying rules to accommodate female athletes who were pregnant or postpartum during the chosen qualifying period for Tokyo." After a competitive year wiped out by the global pandemic, the 11-time national flyweight champion had been confident she'd clinch a berth at the Olympic qualifying tournament in May in Buenos Aires, b...

Lori Ewing April 30, 2021 - 9:11 AM Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold plans to take her fight for a berth in the Tokyo Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue petitioned the International Olympic Committee for a berth based on her pregnancy and maternity leave, and had hoped for a decision by Friday. But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Force) have yet responded" to her lawyer's letter sent April 23. "They have not reached out yet to ind...

Published February 25, 2021, 6:16 PM OLYMPIC-BOUND – Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, center, strikes a pose with veteran trainer Freddie Roach, left, and 1992 Olympian Pepe Reilly of America at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California. (Photo from Eumir Felix Marcial’s Instagram account) Tokyo-bound Filipino boxer Eumir Felix Marcial works tirelessly as he prepares for the Olympics in July. Marcial, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California, shared recent updates on social media regarding his training under the helm of renowned coach Freddie Roach at the Wild...