3 Aug 2021

David Nyika's friends, family celebrate bronze from Hamilton

From Checkpoint, 5:24 pm on 3 August 2021

New Zealand has won its first boxing medal at the Olympics since David Tua way back in 1992.

David Nyika was already guaranteed to break that drought, having secured a bronze by advancing to the semi-finals.

But the pressure was on the 25-year-old today to advance to the gold medal bout.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro joined Nyika's friends in family in Hamilton for this afternoon's big fight.

 

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