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The Latest: Cuba has 1st light heavyweight medal since 1980

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Cuban boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz has defeated Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov to win the light heavyweight gold medal.

La Cruz is the first Cuban to win a light heavyweight medal. He already had secured Cuba's first medal in the weight class since 1980.

La Cruz taunted and toyed with Niyazymbetov in the third round in his unanimous decision victory. La Cruz won 29-28 on all three scorecards.

He bowed to fans on all four sides of the ring.