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Olympics-Boxing-After narrow escape from home fire, American Jones eyes gold

Posted: August 2, 2021 at 10:21 am   /   by   /   comments (0)

After losing most of her home and thousands of dollars worth of boxing equipment in a fire in May, U.S. welterweight Oshae Jones said her eyes were on the gold prize now she was assured of a medal at the Tokyo Games. "I had a vision of me standing on the podium and I practise my gold medal speech every day, so I plan on it," Jones said after beating Dominican Maria Moronta in the quarter-finals on Friday, securing at least a bronze. Jones narrowly escaped a fire that destroyed more than half of the home that she and her boyfriend had bought in Toledo, Ohio – a "fixer-upper" that they were almost done renovating.

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