http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/24502333
Ambomo was one of Cameroon's five-man boxing team at London 2012. "As soon as I got on the plane to come to England, I knew I was saved," he says, suggesting he was not planning to return even then."I feel like I've been born again. "The light-welterweight felt "blessed" to be part of the greatest show on earth and was looking forward to the competition. But then, he says, the team's officials took his passport away and told him he would not get it back unless he won a medal. Ambomo bringing home the gold secures the very first gold medal for Congo as a country. After winning the gold medal Ambomo did not want to go back to Congo as he asked to move into the UK. But with 25,000 applicants a year to move to the UK making more money wasn't a good enough reason to move into the UK for them. But as an Olympian the UK accepted him.
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