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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Shortly after Claressa Shields punched her way through yet another elite opponent to reach another Olympic gold-medal bout, she spontaneously broke into song.Swaying gently to the tune in her head, the worlds best middleweight ripped through several bars of the Bill Withers classic Just the Two of Us, only with altered lyrics to reflect her shared mission with Shakur Stevenson as the only Americans left in the Rio Olympic boxing tournament.Just the two of us, building gold medals in the sky! Shields sang. Just the two of us, me and Shakur.U.S. coach Kay Koroma could only watch and smile.The thing about Claressa, when shes smiling and joking around, thats when shes the most dangerous, he said.Rio has been a song for Shields, who takes on the Netherlands Nouchka Fontijn on Sunday for her second Olympic gold medal.The rest of the worlds top boxers havent been able to wreck Shields good moods ever since she burst onto the international scene at the London Games. Her final bout in Rio de Janeiro is the culmination of a four-year stretch in which she hasnt lost a fight and has rarely even been tested -- certainly not yet at the Rio Olympics, where top female fighters only must win three bouts to claim gold.A lot of girls are here just to beat me, but Im here to win a gold medal, Shields said. Beating me is winning a gold medal to them, so they go out there and they fight me a lot harder than they did any other opponent.Shields is increasingly competing largely against her own preparation and motivation -- something she does well.She gave herself a C-minus grade for her opening bout, but she figured out why she didnt feel right against that Russian opponent. Because she can no longer stomach the food in the athletes village cafeteria after a month in Rio, she had consumed only a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and some chocolate milk on the day before her first fight.She stopped eating like the college student that she recently was, eating proper meals and subsequently dominating Kazakhstans Dariga Shakimova to reach the final.Koroma and head womens coach Billy Walsh work on game plans with Shields, but her superior skills and athleticism often make it relatively easy work. With her confidence fairly bursting, Shields doesnt appear to require much help to dominate.You dont have to worry about if Im going to get out there and not let my hands go, Shields said. Thats never going to happen. I dont even have to warm up for that.Shields beat Fontijn at the world championships in May. Fontijn has a better chance than just about anybody in the world to end Shields dominance, but the talent gap between Shields and the middleweight field has been larger than in any division in Rio.Shields one-sided success and ensuing fame have been an enormous boon for USA Boxing, which is coming home from Brazil with one silver and one bronze from its men after failing to win anything in London.The rising popularity of womens boxing in general has allowed USA Boxing to get the funds to hire veteran Irish amateur coach Walsh, who oversees the entire team from his official position as the womens head coach.Walsh only got the job late last year, and his true focus is on the 2020 Olympics as he attempts to build a cohesive program. After some initial conflicts with his star, he has become a fervent backer of Shields, lauding her example to his other seven fighters.None of these guys understood what I was trying to build with Team USA when I got here, Walsh said. 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Wayne Mardle on James Wade Mardle, meanwhile, admitted the match showed just why the Premier League can be so unpredictable.One man was 3-0 up averaging the best part of 102, 103 while James was 3-0 down averaging 86, 87.At that point you cant see a turn - its impossible. Then it happened. There was an 80 finish that Michael Van Gerwwen wanted.dddddddddddd He hit the 60, but missed two at double 10 and that was to go 4-4. He missed that, so it was 5-3 to James, who then came up and hit double top. Van Gerwen lost 7-4 to Wade, but started in style with a 167 finish Then James looked confident. He won five legs on the bounce - he wasnt looking the better player and then he was. The last three legs he played beautifully.The confidence is there. Every now and again he hits too many 60s and tons. 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