25.05.2010 -Nave to Take Prime Ministry Gold as Xiyan Disqualified.

France's Virginie Nave will be awarded the gold medal from the 2010 Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara, Turkey earlier this year after China's Zhang Xiyan was stripped of her title following the revelation that she had competed professionally prior to registering with the Chinese Boxing Federation.

This is a clear violation of AIBA's rules of eligibility (Rule 2.4.1 of the AIBA Technical and Competition Rules), which clearly state that any boxer who has turned professional will not be allowed to compete at any AIBA events at any level.

Zhang began her amateur boxing career in 1995 but turned professional in 2006 and competed in various professional women's competitions in 2007.

This news reverses Zhang's slender 1:0 victory in the final to hand the gold to Virginie Nave.

England's Lucy O'Connor takes the silver, while Turkey's Sumeyra Kaya-Yazici retains the bronze. The second bronze will now be awarded to German Elena Walendzik who lost to Xiyan in the quarter-finals.

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