Amy Broadhurst and Aoife O’Rourke, pictured above, weighed-in this morning ahead of their European Elite semi-finals in Madrid.
The Dundalk lightweight and Roscommon middleweight meet Finland’s Mira Potkonen and Russia’s Anastasia Shamonova at approximately 2.30pm and 7pm today (Irish times) for places in Saturday’s finals.
Thursday was a rest day at the 31-nation tournament and the squad went to see some local matadors training after their training session in the Spanish capital yesterday.
“Amy and Aoife are ready to go and will be really up for today’s bouts,” said Irish team manager JP Kinsella this morning.
Click here and here for today’s schedule.
Both Irishwomen are guaranteed at least bronze in Madrid.
The Irish squad are due to arrive home via Dublin Airport this Sunday morning at 10.40am.
(Flight 1B3792; Departure Madrid: 09.10. Arrival Dublin: 10.40 (Terminal 1).
European Women’s Elite Championships Madrid, Spain August 22/31
August 30
S/Finals
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Ireland) v Mira Potkonen (Finland)
60kg Maiva Homadouche (France) v Sema Caliskan (Turkey)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Anastasia Shamonova (Russia)
75kg Love Holgersson (Sweden) v Elziebta Wojcik (Poland)
Results
August 28
Q/Finals
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Ireland) beat Anastasia Belokova (Russia) 5-0
69kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) lost to Darima Sandakova (Russia) 1-4
August 27
Last 16
69kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Leonie Anna Van Leeuwen (Netherlands) 5-0
August 26
Last 16
51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) lost to Naz Buse Cakiroglu (Turkey) 0-5
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Ireland) beat Dominika Ciklova (Czech Republic) 5-0
Q/Final
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Tetiana Petrovich (Ukraine) 5-0
August 25
Last 32
51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Krisztina Beri (Hungary) RSC2
Irish squad
51kg: Ceire Smith (Cavan/Virginia)
60kg: Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan) (Bronze, at least)
69kg: Christina Desmond (Fr Horgan’s)
75kg: Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) (Bronze, at least)
Team manager: JP Kinsella
Coaches: Zaur Antia and Damian Kennedy
Physio; David Cooke