Sensational Christina Desmond step closer to Rio Olympic dream

Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Ceire Smith eased into the last-eight of the European Olympic qualifiers with comfortable wins in Samsun, Turkey yesterday.
Sensational Christina Desmond step closer to Rio Olympic dream
Tue, 12 Apr, 2016 - 01:00
Bernard O’Neill

But Cork middleweight Christina Desmond stole the show on her last day as a teenager.

The Leeside southpaw, who turns 20 today, sensationally dumped Dutch No. 1 seed Nouchka Fontijan out of the tournament.

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christina desmondboxingSportOlympicsPlace: HungaryPlace: RioPlace: EuropePlace: Czech RepublicPlace: GermanyPlace: TipperaryPlace: LondonPerson: Christina DesmondPerson: Katie TaylorPerson: Ceire SmithPerson: Nouchka FontijanPerson: Petra ScatmariPerson: MichaelPerson: DesmondPerson: FontijanPerson: TaylorPerson: Martina SchmoranzovaPerson: Yvonne RasmussenPerson: KatiePerson: ChristinaPerson: Joe HenniganPerson: HenniganPerson: Dean WalshPerson: Lorenzo SotomayorPerson: WalshPerson: SmithPerson: Virginia BarankasPerson: Brendan IrvinePerson: Hamza ToubaPerson: Dean GardinerPerson: Mahammadrausl MajidovPerson: Anthony JoshuaPerson: Darren O’NeillPerson: David Oliver JoycePerson: Michael O’ReillyEvent: Rio OlympicEvent: OlympicEvent: European OlympicEvent: 2013 World YouthEvent: 2011 AIBA World EliteOrganisation: WexfordOrganisation: AzerbaijanOrganisation: BallTalk
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