Aug. 22, 2004, 12:56AMWe now return to our regularly scheduled disinterest in the Olympics.
Valiant Ali goes down fighting
Despite crowd in his corner, Iraqi eliminated
Associated Press
ATHENS, GREECE - Najah Ali lost his light flyweight bout to Armenia's Aleksan Nalbandyan on Saturday night, ending the improbable run of Iraq's only Olympic boxer after just one victory.
Ali was outpointed 24-11 in the second-round match, but he still provided a dramatic conclusion to his 10-month journey from a job in a Baghdad furniture factory to the bright lights of Athens, where he carried the flag of the reconstituted Iraqi team.
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