There aren't the words, sometimes. That doesn't mean there isn't a message. For Cindy Ngamba, her defeat in the middleweight semi-final of the Olympic Games was a cruel disappointment.
She left the arena in silence, the pain of that loss raw. She had wanted gold, but her bronze was the first Olympic medal ever won by a refugee team member. "There are many other refugees all around the world that are not even athletes, they go through so many obstacles in life, they go through so many hard times, and they feel like it's going to be the end of the world any day or any time soon," Ngamba said later.
"I just hope that for me to achieve what I was able to achieve, qualifying and to win a medal, to be the first-ever refugee to win a medal for the Olympic refugee team, I can become kind of like their light, I don't really like to say role model because I'm just human. Trending "I just have aims and goals and I went for it." A top-class boxer, Ngamba had beaten the reigning world champion Tammara Thibeault in a thrilling opening bout at the Games.
She had to overcome French boxer Davina Michel and her raucous home support in Paris after that. Also See: Live boxing on Sky Sports @SkySportsBoxing on Twitter Sky Sports Boxing YouTube Sky Sports Boxing Facebook Fighting for a place in the Olympic final at Roland Garros, a stunning venue for boxing, Panama's Atheyna Bylon had used long-range counter-punches to pocket their first round. Trailing, Ngamba had to win the second round to stay .