Yunior Alcantara Reyes is celebrating his first-ever Olympic medal.
The 19-year-old Dominican boxer, a Pan American Games champion and Central American Games silver medalist, will take home a bronze medal in the Men’s 51KG boxing category at the 2024 Paris Games.
Alcantara lost to France‘s Billal Bennama in the semifinal by a point total of 5-0.
Bronze medals are given to the fighters who make it to the semifinals but don’t win the bout.
Bennama will fight Hasanboy Dusmatov in the gold medal match on Thursday, August 8.