5 Irish Boxers Vie For Olympic Qualification In Paris Today.

Friday, 4 June 2021 12:14

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

They're in last 16 action.

Five Irish boxers will be in action on Day 1 of the European Olympic qualifiers in Paris, France this afternoon.

Aoife O’Rourke, Aidan Walsh, Emmett Brennan, Michaela Walsh and Kellie Harrington are between the ropes later

Aoife O’Rourke, Aidan Walsh & Emmett Brennan are in action in the early session, which begins at 1pm.

Michaela Walsh and Kellie Harrington box the evening session, which begins at 5pm.

The bouts, across two rings, are being live-streamed. Rings A and B can be accessed here

🕒OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS DAY 1 SCHEDULE🕒

1️⃣ fight at a time..Here we go!

🥊 RING A 🥊

13:30 @AoifeORourke11 v 🇧🇾
14:15 @aidanwalsh997 v 🇫🇷
15:00 Emmet Brennan v 🇨🇭

🥊 RING B 🥊

17:45 @michaelaw57 v 🇫🇷
18:45 @Kelly64kg v 🇵🇱

Let's Go Ireland!🇮🇪🥊#IABA #TeamIreland #RoadToTokyo pic.twitter.com/DRIPY01GYx
— IABA (@IABABOXING) June 4, 2021

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Viktoriya Kebikava (Belarus)

69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) v Wahid Hambli (France)

81kg Emmet Brennan (Ireland) v Uke Smajli (Switzerland)

57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Mona Mestian (France)

60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Aneta Rygielska (Poland)

📣 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

Here are the 9 athletes who will be representing #TeamIreland in the European @Tokyo2020 Qualifier in Paris from June 4-8!!

GO TEAM IRELAND! 🥊🇮🇪#IABA #RoadToTokyo #TeamIreland #EuropeanOlympicQualifier pic.twitter.com/dlyB8G9yuf
— IABA (@IABABOXING) May 31, 2021