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GB medal hopefuls Eccles & Giles Suffer Heartbreak

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British medal hopefuls Rosie Eccles and Chelsie Giles suffered shock early defeats on the second day of the Paris Olympics.

Boxer Eccles lost to Poland's Aneta Rygielska in the women's 66kg boxing on a controversial split decision that drew some boos in the arena.

"I knew I'd won the fight. I'm really, really shocked," a tearful Eccles said afterwards.

"I've given my whole life for a gold medal in the Olympics, or at least an Olympic medal to take home. I really would have been proud of that."

That came shortly after judoka Giles, the -52kg bronze medallist in Tokyo three years ago, was left visibly devastated after a second-round defeat.

Giles lost in the Golden Score round - where the first score decides the result - to Brazil's Larissa Pimenta.

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