Grainne Walsh has been cruelly denied qualification for the Olympic Games.
She lost her welterweight quarter-final at the qualifying event in Italy, by a split decision to Poland’s Aneta Rygielska.
The Pole was docked a point for holding, and given a standing-8 count in the second round, but was still awarded that round by the judges.
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Two more Irish boxers have the chance to qualify this evening.
Kelyn Cassidy is in light-heavyweight quarter-final action against Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay.
And featherweight Jude Gallagher faces Shukur Ovesov of Turkmenistan.
