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Olympic Qualifiers Day 2 SCHEDULE – FOUR Irish fighters fight for Olympic Games qualification

Seven Irish fighters take to the ring in Paris today with four hoping to secure Olympic qualification.

Goerge Bates. Aoife O’Rourke, Kellie Harrington, and Emmett Brennan can all book a seat on the plane to Tokyo with a victory today.

Kiril Afanasev and Gytis Lisinskas also fight but are still two wins away from reaching the Games.

All the information you need to follows today’s action is listed is below:

Olympic Qualifiers Paris, France

Saturday June 5

1pm (Ring B)

Last 16

63kg George Bates (Ireland) v Javid Chalabiyev (Azerbaijan)
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) v Emanual Reyes (Spain)
91+kg Gytis Lisinskas (Ireland) v Peter Belberov (Bulgaria)

Quarter finals (5pm)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Elzbieta Wojik (Poland)
52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Gabriel Escobar (Spain)
81kg Emmett Brennan (Ireland) v Luka Plantic (Croatia)
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Maiva Hamadouche (France)

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

Jonny Stapleton

Irish-boxing.com contributor for 15 years and editor for the past decade. Have been covering boxing for over 16 years and writing about sports for a living for over 20 years. Former Assistant Sports editor for the Gazette News Paper Group and former Tallaght Voice Sports Editor. Have had work published in publications around the world when working as a freelance journalist. Also co-founder of Junior Sports Media and Leinster Rugby PRO of the Year winner. email: editoririshboxing@gmail.com

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