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Jongjohor of Thailand wins men's 51kg boxing gold
 Xinhua/Agencies
 Updated: 2008-08-23 19:34
 
|   Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor fights (R) against Cuba's Andris Laffita Hernandez during their Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Flyweight (51 kg) final boxing bout on August 23, 2008 in Beijing.[ Agencies] | 
BEIJING--Somjit Jongjohor from Thailand claimed the men's 51kg boxing title at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, beating Andris Laffita Hernandez from Cuba 8-2 in the final.
The bronze medals went to Georgy Balakshin from Russia and Vincenzo Picardi from Italy.