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Canada's female boxer and Olympic hopeful Mary Spencer poses for a portrait after a training session in Windsor, March 21, 2012. (MARK BLINCH/Reuters)
Canada's female boxer and Olympic hopeful Mary Spencer poses for a portrait after a training session in Windsor, March 21, 2012. (MARK BLINCH/Reuters)

Canadian boxer Mary Spencer to learn Olympic fate this week Add to ...

Canadian boxer Mary Spencer will have to wait another day or two before learning whether she is bound for the London Games.

The three-time world champion from Windsor, Ont., is hoping to be awarded the lone wild-card berth in her weight class, issued by the International Olympic Committee’s Tripartite Commission.

The decision was expected to come down Monday. However, an International Amateur Boxing Association spokesman said an official announcement is now expected Tuesday or Wednesday.

AIBA spokesman Sebastien Gillot said in an email that discussions occurred Monday but “final approval will not be possible before tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, only for logistics reasons.”

Spencer was the top seed in her weight class but she lost her opening bout at the women’s world championships in May. The event served as the Olympic qualifier.

Her absence from the London Games would be a blow to the Canadian Olympic team. She’s considered one of Canada’s top hopes for a medal.

The five-foot-11 fighter captured gold at the Pan American Games last fall in Mexico and carried the Canadian flag at the closing ceremonies.

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