Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands wins women's middleweight gold

Dutchwoman wins middleweight gold

The Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn has won the women's middleweight gold medal after beating Anna Laurell Nash of Sweden by a unanimous points decision.

Sarah Scheurich of Germany and Lidia Fidura of Poland won the bronze medals.

Fontijn, 27, beat Britain's Savannah Marshall in the last 16.

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