Taylor: Gold is a 'huge relief'

Katie Taylor expressed her “huge relief” after crowning her glittering career with an Olympic boxing gold medal with a gruelling 10-8 victory over experienced Russian Sofya Ochigava at ExCeL.

Taylor, roared on by thousands of Irish fans in the 10,000-capacity venue, had to overturn a one-point deficit at the half-way stage in order to add Olympic gold to the four world titles she has already claimed.