One of North Korea’s most successful boxers bowed out of the ongoing Paris Olympics in a hard-fought encounter on Sunday, adding a bronze medal to the country’s tally at its first Summer Games in eight years.

Pang Chol Mi, 29, suffered a narrow 3-2 loss against Chinese rival Chang Yuan, but guaranteed the DPRK its third medal of the Games with her run to the semifinals of the women’s 54 kg (bantamweight) boxing event.

The medal was already confirmed after she defeatedMorocco’s Widad Bertal in a quarterfinal clash between the reigning Asian and African champions on Thursday, with all