The boxer Grenyelis Garcia won the gold medal at the Dakar Olympics

Published at: 12/11/2026 11:21 AM

Grenyelis García won the gold medal at the Dakar Olympic Games after defeating Azerbaijan's Gular Huseynova in the 51 kg boxing final, by unanimous decision 5-0 (30-26).

This is the second gold in Dakar for Venezuela, being the country's best performance in the Youth Olympic Games.

A jab and two straight and left combinations announced Garcia's determination to go for the gold one in the first round. Owner of the distance, she began to stick her right hooks that exploded consecutively in the face of the Azerbaijani woman.

Hoseynova was another resounding blow away from receiving a count, but she cleverly grabbed and cut through the string of punches from the Anzoatiguense, according to the press release of the Ministry of People's Power for Sports.

In the second round, he shook the rival again with a right hand. Huseynova continued to tie herself up to look for the fight inside and cut the distance. Only that Garcia continued to beat her with his right and left crosses.

The third chapter was to finish off the fight I already had in my pocket. The last few seconds were of a fierce exchange of punches in which the Anzoatiguense got the best part, impacting her desperate opponent up and down.

Garcia had already beaten Husenova 5-0 in the quarterfinals of the U19 World Cup in Budva, Montenegro, and this Thursday he repeated the bitter and effective medicine with his technical superiority, managing time and distance wisely to conquer the gold that national boxing lacked in the Youth Olympic Games.

Mazo News Team