RIO DE JANEIRO — Nico Hernandez had a gnarly gash over his left eye that left him bloodied, with blurred vision and in need of stitches.
He has a better look in mind for Sunday.
Hernandez will leave the Rio Games with a bronze medal in the light flyweight division, ending a medal drought for the U.S. that stretched to 2008. He’s also the first American light flyweight to medal since Michael Carbajal won silver in 1998.