Gold medal on way, pledges boxer Kellie Harrington

Kellie Harrington has vowed to strike gold next time out following her defeat to China’s Yang Wenlu is yesterday’s AIBA World Elite Championships 64kg final in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The Dublin light-welter dropped a majority decision (40-36,38-38, 39-37) to the World No. 14 in a close encounter in Central Asia.

Harrington found the target with the majority cleaner shots over the four frames, but the judges favoured the up tempo approach of the No. 3 seed, who clipped Harrington with some neat counters, particularly in rounds two and three.