Lim lost to Hatice Akbashi of Turkiye 2-3 in the women’s 54kg boxing semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the North Paris Arena in Paris, France, on the 4th local time.
Although he did not reach the final, Lim Ae-ji gave Korean boxing its first Olympic medal in 12 years since Han Soon-cheol (a silver medal in men’s 60kg class) at the 2012 London Games.
The Akbashi player Lim Ae-ji faced on this day is the winner of the 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Istanbul World Championship and is a world champion with tremendous skills.
On top of that, he is 7cm taller than Lim Ae-ji.
Lim Ae-ji diligently moved with quick steps to find a gap in the opponent, but Akbashi, who had a long Richie, stopped Lim Ae-ji’s attack and continued the dominant game.
Lim Ae-ji, who held out well without allowing a decisive blow until the end, did well in the third round, but eventually failed to overturn the decision. 스포츠토토
Immediately after the game, Lim Ae-ji approached the opponent’s coach, greeted him, embraced the opponent, and acknowledged the game cleanly.
Meanwhile, a semifinal match between North Korean Bang Chul-mi of the same weight class and China’s Changyuan was also held at the boxing stadium.
Bang Chul-mi also lost to Changyuan, and the final inter-Korean match was canceled.
“When I heard that Bang Chul-mi lost the semifinal first, I wanted to win and stand higher on the podium,” Lim Ae-ji said, adding, “I wanted to win like that, but the picture I wanted didn’t come out when I lost.”
