Walsh bows out of European Olympic qualifiers
Dean Walsh bowed out of the European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey today.
The Wexford light-welter was beaten on a split decision by Lorenzo Sotomayor of Azerbaijan.
Irish team manager Joe Hennigan said that they felt that Walsh did enough to get the decision over the No. 1 seed.
Earlier today, Ceire Smith and Christina Desmond won, with Desmond sensationally beating the Dutch No. 1 seed.
Katie Taylor, Dean Gardiner and Brendan Irvine will be in action in the evening session which begins at 5pm (Irish time).
European Olympic qualifiers Samsun, Turkey
(A & E denotes Afternoon and Evening sessions)
April 9th
Preliminaries
64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) beat Erik Agataljan (Czech Republic) 3-0
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Simen Nysater (Norway) 3-0
April 11th
Last 16
51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Virginia Barankas (Hungary) 3-0
52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Hamza Touba (Germany)
64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) 1-2
60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Martina Schmaranzova (Czech Republic)
75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Nouchka Fontijan (Netherlands) 3-0
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Mahammadrausl Majidor (Azerbaijan)
April 12th
Last 16
60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) (A)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) v Ilari Kijala (Finland) (A)
91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) v Gabriel Richards (Sweden) (E)
April 13th
Q/Finals
51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) v Tetyna Kob (Ukraine)
75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) v Petra Scatmari (Hungary)
Irish squad
Female
51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)
60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)
75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans)
Male
52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls)
60kg David Oliver Joyce (AIBA Pro Boxing)
64kg Dean Walsh (St Joesphs/St Ibars)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)
91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)
Team manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physiotherapist: Julianne Ryan
Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
Doctor: Jim Clover
Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton
