Hession and Clancy move to within touching distance of a European medal
It was a case of two out of three ain’t bad for Team Ireland at the European Championships in Belgrade on Sunday.
Eugene McKeever, Adam Hession and Dean Clancy were all in round of 32 action on Day 4 of the prestigious tournament.
Connaught duo Hession [Galway] and Clancy [Sligo] secured wins and progressed to within touching distance of a medal but McKeever exited the tournament.
Hession won through to the quarter-finals, and is one win away from a medal thanks to a 5-0 victory over Belgium’s Vasile Usturoi.
Hession will fight for bronze at least on Wednesday. Paris Olympian Clancy will also fight for a medal on Wednesday after he won his first fight in the competition on Sunday.
Clancy will fight Spain’s Oier Ibarreche Conde in his quarter-final following victory over IBA’s Abdul Fawaz Aborode.
McKeever leaves the tournament after split decision defeat to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Sharkan.
Team
50kg Shannon Sweeney, St. Anne’s BC, Mayo
54kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, Dublin
57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Family GG, Belfast
60kg Kellie Harrington, St. Mary’s BC, Tallaght, Dublin
66kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
51kg Rickey Nesbitt, Holy Family BC, Drogheda
57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway
63.5kg Dean Clancy, Sean McDermott BC, Leitrim
71kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family, Drogheda
92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin
Draws are available here
