3 Gold for Ireland at European Boxing Championship – Weekend Roundup

Women’s European Boxing Championship – Three Gold for Team Ireland! Team Ireland swept the Women’s European Boxing Championship this week, with Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke, and Amy Broadhurst winning gold. Caitlin Fryers and Christina Desmond took home silver medals and Michaela Walsh and Shannon Sweeney brought home bronze medals. Dublin’s Olympic gold winner Harrington won gold in the lightweight category …

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Women’s European Boxing Championships: Record-Breaking Medal Haul for Ireland

Three more fighters from Team Ireland secured at least a bronze medal each last night at the Women’s European Boxing Championships in Montenegro. Caitlin Fryers, Kellie Harrington, and Aoife O’Rourke will now all progress to the semi-finals and a chance at silver or gold; they join Tuesday’s quarter-final winners Shannon Sweeney, Michaela Walsh, Amy Broadhurst, and Christina Desmond for a …

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Team Ireland in the Women’s European Boxing Championships: Four Secure Bronze, Possible Silver or Gold

Four members of Team Ireland — Shannon Sweeney, Michaela Walsh, Amy Broadhurst, and Christina Desmond — have all progressed to semi-finals in the Women’s European Boxing Championships in Montenegro, thereby guaranteeing themselves each a bronze and a chance to win silver or gold. Of the nine team members who won through to the quarter-finals, four more will play today for …

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