3 weeks ago
Amy Broadhurst has been selected by GB Boxing for an Olympic qualifying arena successful Thailand adjacent month.
Broadhurst has switched allegiance from Ireland to Great Britain successful an effort to suffice for nan Games successful Paris later this year.
The World, European and Commonwealth Games champion has said that nan Irish Athletic Boxing Association [IABA] informed her that she would not beryllium assessed for nan arena successful Bangkok.
Born successful nan Republic of Ireland, Broadhurst has an English begetter and holds a British passport.
“It has ever been my dream to compete astatine nan Olympic Games and I americium very happy that I person been selected by GB Boxing to spell to nan last qualifying arena successful Thailand successful May," she said.
Broadhurst has been selected astatine 60kgs, nan aforesaid weight class arsenic Irish Olympic golden medallist Kellie Harrington, and said she "owed it" to herself to prosecute each avenue disposable to make it to Paris.
“The determination to prosecute an replacement way to nan Olympic Games - aft I was informed by nan Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) successful March 2024 that I would not beryllium assessed for action for nan last qualifier - was not taken lightly and, arsenic nan holder of a British passport, I felt I owed it to myself and each nan group that person supported maine passim my profession to do everything imaginable to proceed to prosecute my dream of competing connected nan biggest shape successful sport," she said.
“Since I first walked into nan GB Boxing gym, I person been made to consciousness incredibly invited by my caller teammates and each of nan coaches and support unit and I would for illustration to convey everyone astatine GB Boxing for their support and difficult activity complete caller weeks successful helping to support my Olympic dream live and enabling maine to person this opportunity.
“My privilege now is to proceed to train hard, perceive to nan coaches and springiness myself nan champion imaginable chance of succeeding astatine nan qualifier and achieving my dream of securing a spot astatine nan 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris."
GB Boxing's Performance Director Rob McCracken added: “GB Boxing’s action criteria dictates that we take group that show nan imaginable to suffice for and to triumph a badge astatine nan Olympic Games and, having intimately assessed each of nan boxers astatine caller training camps and examined their past performances astatine elite world tournaments, nan coaches were unanimous successful their position of which boxer fulfilled nan criteria astir successful nan women’s lightweight division.”
