Former World Elite champion Kellie Harrington will be aiming to build on Ireland’s impressive start at the 71st Strandja multi-nations in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Dublin lightweight meets Poland’s European Elite finalist Aneta Rygielska on Wednesday in her first bout since missing the European Games final last June with a hand injury. Roscommon middleweight O’Rourke, the current European Elite champion, beat Sweden’s Love Holgersson but Galway super-heavy Antoine O Griofa lost to Italy’s two-time Olympic finalist Clemente Russo. The European U22 champion meets Katie Taylor’s Rio 2016 conqueror Mira Potkonen who beat Broadhurst at the World and European Championships last year. The Irish squad are building toward the European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 which begin in London on March 13.

Source: Irish Examiner January 21, 2020 22:30 UTC