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Meanwhile, a boxer from Tuvalu claimed her country’s first ever Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight.<\/p>\n
Because there were only five entrants, Tarona Taafaki received a bye to the last four, meaning she was automatically guaranteed at least a bronze medal.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old lost her first and only fight in the women’s 75kg division – which was a semi-final – to India’s Lovlina Borgohain on Friday, losing every round on all three of the judges’ cards.<\/p>\n
Taafaki’s coach and father, Badi Taafaki, says the population of the tiny Pacific island nation – at 10 square miles the fourth smallest in the world – will celebrate the medal and use it to highlight a climate change emergency.<\/p>\n
“For the people of Tuvalu, this medal means everything,” he said. “We’re one of the smallest nations in the world, so a medal like this is hugely significant.<\/p>\n
“If we can win medals, more people around the world will recognise Tuvalu and begin to understand the challenges we face because of climate change.<\/p>\n
“It is very real for us. The coastal erosion is unbelievable, and the countdown is now measured in years, not decades.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n