Ochigava blasts judges for favouring Taylor

Katie Taylor’s defeated Russian opponent last night hit out at the judging of yesterday’s women’s lightweight Olympic final.

Silver medallist Sofya Ochigava, the girl Taylor defeated in the world championships earlier this year, launched a stinging attack on the scoring of the decider which she believed she had won.

The officials scored the fight 10-8 to Taylor but a furious Ochigava told reporters: “Just as in the world championships when she was about to lose the judges — as usual — corrected the scores in her favour. What can I say? It is not really surprising but is very strange.”