Kellie Harrington heralded her double Olympian status with a masterclass in her Paris 2024 last 16 bout against Alessia Mesiano of Italy.
Mesiano is a World and European champion at 57kg, with a World bronze at 60kg. Kellie, however, dominated the bout throughout, switch-hitting from the backfoot to maintain control and distance. She won all rounds on all judges scorecards: 30:37; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27.
Asked if she had any worries about her form after suffering a rare loss at European Championships this year Kellie said “None! You have to fall to get back up. If you didn’t get back up you may as well stay down. It’s only a loss if you don’t learn from it and hopefully I learned from it.
“It felt good to get going, it’s always good to get a win, I’m just happy to be here and get out and compete. It’s great to have people out there cheering me and great to see the Irish flag floating around the stadium there, it’s absolutely class.
“Our (boxing) team has put in so much work to get out here, every single one of them bit down and dug deep, and they will continue to do that in the tournament.
Kellie will box her Quarter Final 2023 World silver medalist, Angie Paola Valdes Pana of Colombia. That contest takes place at 5.55pm on Wednesday evening.
Day Four – July 30th
One Team Ireland boxer in action on Tuesday. 54kg Jennifer Lehane received a bye and contests a Last 16 bout against Tokyo Olympian, China’s Chang Yuan. The 27 year old southpaw is a 2023 Asian Games silver medalist, and won gold at this year’s Strandja.
Jenny will formally become an Olympian when she steps on to the field of play to contest Bout 2 of Tuesday’s morning session, at 11:36am, Irish time.
All daily schedules and results are available here
Tournament Schedule
Boxing from July 27th to August 3rd takes place at the North Paris Arena. Boxing from August 4th to 10th takes place at Roland Garros. August 5th is a rest day at the tournament.
Morning sessions begin at 10am, Irish time.
Afternoon sessions begin at 2.30pm, Irish time
Evening sessions begin at 7pm, Irish time.
July 27th Round of 32: W54kg, W60kg, M63.5kg & M80kg.
July 28th Round of 32: W50kg, W66kg, M57kg, M71kg, M92kg % M92+kg.
July 29th Last 16 in M63.5, 92 & 92+kg, and W60kg
July 30th Last 16 in M51 & M80kg, and W54 & W57kg
July 31st Last 16 M57 & 71kg, and W75kg, plus QF of W60kg
August 1st QF of M63.5 & 92kg, last 16 W50 & 66kg, QF of W54kg
August 2nd QF of M51, 80 & +92kg, and last 16 W57kg
August 3rd QF of M57 & 71kg, and W50 & 66kg, SF of W60kg
August 4th SF of M51, 63.5, 80 & 92kg,QF W57 & 75kg, SF of W54kg
August 5th rest day
August 6th SF of M71kg, SF W50 & 66kg, and W60kg final
August 7th SF M92+kg & W57kg, Finals of M63.5 & 80kg
August 8th SF M57kg & W75kg, Finals M51kg and W54kg
August 9th Finals of M71 & 92kg, Finals of W50 & 66kg
August 10th Finals of M57 & 92+kg, Finals of W57 & 75kg
Draws
All draws are available here and here
Watch
RTE will have significant coverage of the Games on RTE 2, RTE Player, online, on Radio and through the RTE app. Full details are available here
The full Games streaming service for all sports is here:
https://www.discoveryplus.com/ie/olympics/sport/boxing
Team Ireland Boxing
Athletes:
Kellie Harrington (Dublin) Women’s 60kg
Aidan Walsh (Belfast) Men’s 71kg
Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) Women’s -75kg
Daina Moorehouse (Bray) Women’s -50kg
Dean Clancy (Sligo) Men’s 63.5kg
Grainne Walsh (Tullamore) Women’s -66kg
Jude Gallagher (Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone) Men’s -57kg
Jennifer Lehane (Ashbourne, Co. Meath) Women’s -54kg
Jack Marley (Sallynoggin, Dublin) Men’s -92kg
Michaela Walsh (Belfast) Women’s -57kg
Staff:
Tricia Heberle – Performance Director & Team Leader
Zauri Antia – Head Coach
Damian Kennedy – Coach
Lynne McEnery – Coach
James Doyle – Coach
Jim Clover – Doctor
Lorcan McGee – Physio
Paula Fitzpatrick – Physiologist