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The Latest: Frenchman Yoka joins fiancée with boxing gold

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

3:55 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Make it double gold for the first couple of the Olympic boxing tournament.

French fighter Tony Yoka joined fiancee Estelle Mossely as gold medal winners, defeating Britain's Joe Joyce in a super heavyweight bout.

Mossely won lightweight gold on her 24th birthday on Friday and was in the stands shouting encouragement for Yoka.

She left her seat and rushed toward the stairs before pausing on the steps to hear the decision announced to the crowd.