Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Ireland's Taylor books London boxing berth (Reuters)

Katie Taylor (L) of Ireland throws a punch at Saida Khassenova of Kazakhstan during their women's 60 kg division fourth round match at the AIBA World Women's Boxing Championships in China's northern city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province May 15, 2012. Ireland's boxing golden girl Taylor tried hard to stay on message at the women's world championships on Tuesday but was unable to completely suppress her excitement at moving closer to Olympic qualification. Picture taken May 15, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times European lightweight champion went through to the last four when her Romanian opponent Mihaela Lacatus withdrew with a neck injury. Due to regional quotas limiting Europeans to three of the eight places to be won in each of the three Olympic classes this week, it was not until Tajikistan's Mavzuna Chorieva won the next bout that Taylor's place in London was secure. ...




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