Reigning lightweight Olympic champion, Kellie Harrington, will open Team Ireland’s campaign at the European Games.
This is an Olympic Qualification event. A total of 44 places at Paris 2024 are available at these Games. In all weights excepting 75kg, 51kg and 92kg, a semi-final finish will win qualification. In these three weights, a finals finish is required. 319 boxers, in all, will contest the tournament.
The draw has taken place in Zakopane today, and Kellie will contest against Slovakia’s Miroslava Jedinakova in Ring A’s bout 1 – at 12pm, Irish time. Also in action on the opening day is 57kg Jude Gallagher. He will meet Bulgaria’s Javier Ibanez Diaz in bout 4 of the same ring and session. 4 bouts later, 63.5kg Dean Clancy meets Austria’s Arsen Chabyan.
Programme: Friday, June 23rd
4 more Team Ireland boxers will be in action on the second day of the tournament. In the afternoon session, 54kg Jennifer Lehane boxes Serbia’s Sara Cirkovic in bout 2, 57kg Michaela Walsh meets Olga Pavlina Papadatou of Greece in bout 3. In bout 8, 80kg Kelyn Cassidy steps between the ropes against Mindaugas Gedminas of Norway. In the evening session, 66kg Amy Broadhurst meets Milena Matovic of Serbia.
Watch
Bouts will be streamed here
Programme, Saturday June 24th
Live-streaming details for the tournament have not yet been released by the LOC.
Draw sheets
50kg Daina Moorehouse
54kg Jennifer Lehane
57kg Michaela Walsh
60kg Kellie Harrington
66kg Amy Broadhurst
75kg Aoife O’Rourke
51kg Sean Mari
57kg Jude Gallagher
63.5kg Dean Clancy
71kg Dean Walsh
80kg Kelyn Cassidy
92kg Jack Marley