Plan B needed as Kellie Harringtonand Aoife O’Rourke book Olympic places  

The pair will join Brendan Irvine and Kurt Walker in Tokyo, but it was an otherwise tough day for Irish fighters

European Boxing Road To Tokyo Qualifier, Le Grand Dome, Villebon-sur-Yvette, Paris, France 5/6/2021

Kellie Harrington and Aoife O’Rourke booked their places at the Tokyo Olympics by reaching the semi-finals of the Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in Paris on Saturday night on what was an otherwise difficult day for Ireland.

The pair joined Brendan Irvine and Kurt Walker, who had already qualified, but the dream is over for George Bates, Afanasev Kirill and Gytis Lisinskas, while Emmet Brennan must now go through the box-offs if he is to make it.