Kellie Harrington claimed gold today at the European qualifiers for Tokyo in Paris, France.
The Dublin lightweight secured a 4-1 split decision over Caroline Dubois of Great Britain.
Harrington opted to box southpaw for the duration of this contest and controlled the tempo and terms of the bout from the opening bell.
The No. 2 seed in Paris found the target with a wide variety of punches throughout and while Dubois came into the fight in the last round the outcome was never in doubt with Harrington winning rounds one and two.
The emotional champion received the congratulations of Irish coaches Zaur Antia and John Conlan after the final bell.
Her seeding for the Tokyo Olympics will improve following today’s win.
Meanwhile, Michaela Walsh will be in action at 5pm today versus Italy’s Irma Testa.
European Olympic Qualifiers Paris, France
June 8th
Finals
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Caroline Dubois (Great Britain) 4-1
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy)
June 7th
Box off
81kg Emme Brennan beat Liridon Nuhan Sweden) 5-0
S/Finals
75kg Lauren Price (Team GB) beat Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) 5-0
69kg Pat McCormack (Team GB) beat Aidan Walsh (Ireland) 5-0
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Stanimira Petrova (BUlgaria) 3-2
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Yildiz Tsra (Turkey) 5-0
June 6th
Quarter-finals
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Stephanie Thour (Sweden) 5-0
69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) beat Yevheni Barabandy (Ukraine) 3-2
June 5th
Last 16
63kg George Bates (Ireland) lost to Javid Chalabiyev (Azerbaijan) 2-3
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) lost to Emanual Reyes (Spain) 0-5
91+kg Gytis Lisinskas (Ireland) lost to Peter Belberov (BUlgaria) 0-5
Quarter finals
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Elzbieta Wojik (Poland) 5-0
52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Gabriel Escobar (Spain) 0-5
81kg Emmet Brennan (Ireland) lost to Luka Plantic (Croatia) 0-5
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Maiva Hamaddouche (France) 5-0
June 4
Last 16
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Viktoriya Kebikava (Belarus) 5-0
69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) beat Wahid Hambli (France) 4-1
81kg Emmett Brennan (Ireland) beat Uke Smajli (Switzerland) 5-0
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Mona Mestian (France) 4-1
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Aneta Rygielska (Poland) 5-0