Daina Moorehouse, Michaela Walsh, and Aoife O’Rourke all progress to next round
Ireland’s Aoife O’Rourke in action against Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba. Photograph: Tom Maher/InphoDaina Moorehouse, Michaela Walsh, and Aoife O’Rourke all took one step closer to Paris 2024 on Tuesday, winning their round of 16 bouts to progress to the quarter finals. For Moorehouse and Walsh, a quarter-final win will see them secure Olympic berths, while O’Rourke needs to secure a semi-final win to do the same.
Bray’s Moorehouse was first up, taking on Ukraine’s Tetiana Kob; an experienced two-time European champion, who had beaten the Irish flyweight just a matter weeks ago. A clinical three rounds from Moorehouse saw the Wicklow boxer win on split decision 4-1. Speaking after the fight she said; “I feel amazing, I’m still trying to catch my breath, it was great. I knew myself after coming up against Tetiana a few weeks ago, where she beat me on a 3-2 split decision, that I had to dig deep because she’s one of the toughest in this competition. The first two rounds I had to dig deep and the last round I had to give it my all, it was a split decision but I’m absolutely over the moon.
Straight afterwards Michaela Walsh secured a unanimous win over Turkey’s Aysen Taskin 5-0. The 30-year-old Belfast fighter now has her gaze firmly set on a second Olympic Games.
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