GB boxer Whittaker now regrets not wearing silver medal at ceremony

A sullen Benjamin Whittaker refuses to wear his silver medal next to gold medalist Arlen Lopez of Cuba and bronze medalists Imam Khataev of the ROC and Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez of Azerbaijan.

By NBC Olympics

Published August 4, 2021 8:24 am

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British boxer Ben Whittaker wishes he could do his Olympic medal ceremony over again after he refused to wear his silver medal on the podium, considering the prize a symbol of his failure in the ring.

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