Cindy Ngamba has written her name in the Olympic history books as the Refugee Olympic Team’s first ever medal-winning athlete.
The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems playing for every gold medal winner. So when boxer Cindy Ngamba pumped her chest and gestured to the crest on her vest when she guaranteed herself an Olympic bronze medal on Sunday after beating France’s Davina Michel, it didn’t necessarily seem like an extraordinary moment.
“I’m over the moon, I had my refugee team, the crowd, France and Paris team, and everyone in my family to come and support me. Most of all, I just want to thank the Lord.” “You can see how emotional I was, I still can’t believe it. She was a tough opponent … very technical. I just want to thank GB Boxing. They have been by my side … they believed in me. They got hold of the Refugee team and they’re the ones that gave me the hope and the belief, they’ve been by my side through thick and thin.
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