Six byes for Irish boxers in Olympic draw

Kellie Harrington awaits her opponent as she is through to the Round of 16.

KIND DRAW: Team Ireland boxers, from left, Kellie Harrington, Daina Moorehouse, Jack Marley, Dean Clancy, Jude Gallagher, Grainne Walsh, Michaela Walsh, Jennifer Lehane, Aoife O’Rourke and Aidan Walsh on their arrival at Paris Airport during their arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The draw for the boxing at the Olympic games which will take place in the North Paris Arena took place this evening. Reigning Olympic 60kg champion Kellie Harrington has received a bye into the round of 16 on Monday July 29 and will have a wait to see who her opponent will be either Italian Alessia Mesiano or Turkey's Gizen Ozer. 

Also receiving byes are Aoife O'Rourke Daina Moorehouse, Jenny Lehane, Michaela Walsh and Jude Gallagher.

Harrington and O'Rourke received their byes courtsey of being seeded fighter's.

First up for the Irish will be Sligo's Dean Clancy when he takes on Jordan's Obada Alkasbeh in the Men's 63.5kg preliminary on Saturday July 27 at 4.22pm.

Next into the ring on Saturday July 28 will be Aidan Walsh, who won bronze in Tokoyo, when he takes on France's Makan Traore in the Men's 71kg prelim. Following Aidan will be Offaly's Grainne Walsh in her first Olympic appearance. Grainne, the only Irish female boxer not to get a bye,  will face Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori in the Women's 66kg prelims.

Finishing off the day for the Irish will be Jack Marley in the Men's 92kg category and he will face Poland's Mateusz Bereznicki. 

Ashbourne's Jennifer Lehane will take to the ring for her first Olympic appearance on Tuesday July 30 in the Women's 60kg prelims and her opponent will be Yuan Chang from China. 

Roscommon's Aoife O'Rouke is hoping to add to her European Games title when she takes to the ring to face Poland's Elzbieta Wojcik on Wednesday July 31. 22-year-old Jude Gallagher qualified in March for his first games and will take on Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the 57kg category.

Daina Moorehouse is stepping into the ring in the 50kg prelim and will face France's Wassila Lkhardiri on Thursday August 1. 

Last to fight will be Belfast's Michaela Walsh who will take to the ring on Friday August 2. She will face Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria in the Women's 57kg Prelims Round of 16. 

Saturday July 27

Men's 63.5kg Prelims - Round of 32: Dean Clancy (IRE) v Obada Alkasbeh (JOR), 4.22pm

Sunday July 28

Men's 71kg Prelims - Round of 32: Aidan Walsh (IRE) v Makan Traore (FRA), 10.16am

Women's 66kg Prelims - Round of 32: Grainne Walsh (IRE) v Anna Luca Hamori (HUN), 4.22pm

Men's 92kg Prelims - Round of 16: Jack Marley (IRE) v Mateusz Bereznicki (POL), 7.32pm

Monday July 29

Women's 60kg Prelims - Round of 16: Kellie Harrington (IRE) v TBC, 2.46pm

Tuesday July 30

Women's 54kg Prelims - Round of 16: Jennifer Lehane (IRE) v Yuan Chang (CHN), 11.36am

Wednesday July 31

Men's 57kg Prelims -  Round of 16: Jude Gallagher (IRE) v Carlo Paalam (PHI), 2.30pm

Women's 75kg Prelims - Round of 16: Aoife O'Rourke (IRE) v Elzbieta Wojcik (POL), 8.52pm

Thursday August 1

Women's 50kg Prelims - Round of 16: Daina Moorehouse (IRE) v Wassila Lkhadiri (FRA), 7pm

Friday August 2

Women's 57kg Prelims - Round of 16: Michaela Walsh (IRE) v Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (BUL), 2.46pm