It was a triumphant return to France for Jayden Trudell.

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It was a triumphant return to France for Jayden Trudell.

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The 20-year-old Trudell won gold at the Les Ceintures Boxing Tournament in Arggenteuil, France on Saturday.

Two years ago, Trudell was forced to pull out of this event in the semifinals due to an injury and would later need surgery for a torn left bicep.

Returning from seventh months off due to surgery, Trudell won gold in the 70kg division at the Canada Cup in March, which earned him a spot to go back to France.

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Trudell opened the event by beating France’s Nabil Daddi Moussa Ider in the second round of quarter-final action by technical knockout.

He followed with a semifinal win over Italy’s Ali Danilo by unanimous decision after getting a standing eight count.

That put Trudell into the final where he knocked out Belgium’s Nicolas Feleqi with a hard right hand in the first minute to secure the title.

Since coming back from surgery, Trudell has fought seven times and won all seven matches. Only two of those matches have gone the full three rounds with his opponent facing a standing eight count in both bouts.

FISU Games selects

Three athletes with area ties were named to Canada’s team for the FISU Games, which are set for July 21-27 in Bochum, Germany.

The University of Windsor Lancers Ben Tilson and A.J. Stanat were named to the men’s team. Stanat won gold in the men’s shot put at the U Sports championship in March while Tilson, who is a Sandwich high school product, won the silver medal in the men’s 600 metres at the meet, but will compete in the 400-metre hurdles in Germany.

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Also named to the team was Villanova high product Ashley Maguire. Maguire, who attends Western University. She will compete in the 5,000 metres for Canada.

Windsor City falls

Windsor City FC watched a late lead slip away in a 2-1 loss to Pickering FC in League1 Ontario men’s Championship Division play on Saturday at Acumen Stadium.

Sognmafolo Colibay scored two minutes into the game to put Windsor (1-4-0) up early, but Abdel Kuwa was handed a red card in the 19th minute, which left the club short for the remainder of the game.

Pickering (1-1-3) rallied with goals in the 71st minute and 88th minute to secure the victory.

Regals drop Clippers

The Guelph Regals scored a 12-4 win over the Windsor Clippers in Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B action at Forest Glade Arena on Saturday.

Logan Gough, Owen Coffey, Jacob Levesque and Keegan Bernier scored single goals for the Clippers (1-9-0) while Vance Dalpe picked up three assists against the Regals (4-7-0).

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