Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold wins Olympic appeal in Court of Arbitration for Sport The 11-time national flyweight champion was forced to appeal after her Olympic trials in Buenos Aires were cancelled earlier this year due to rising COVID-19 cases in Argentina.The International Olympic Committee’s Boxing Task Force determined athletes would earn berths based on rankings, but Bujold had missed the three events they decided to retroactively use for rankings because of her pregnancy.Bujold lost an appeal to the IOC, leaving the CAS as her last chance for Tokyo.
Time running out on Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold’s Olympic hopes The 33-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., made international headlines in her battle, and earned support from numerous.