Aoife O’Rourke secures Paris 2024 qualification after unanimous victory in European Games middleweight final

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A chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ rang out from Irish fans around the stadium as the Roscommon woman’s hand was lifted in a unanimous decision victory over Davina Myrha Michel, confirming her qualification for Paris 2024

Aoife O'Rourke is declared the winner following her bout against Davina-Myrha Michel. Photograph: Tom Maher/InphoAoife O’Rourke celebrated her 26th birthday by being crowned European Games Champion in the Middleweight final. .

O’Rourke added a third gold medal to Team Ireland’s tally beating French fighter Michel, in impressive style, at the Nowy Targ Arena in Krakow, Poland. ‘I’m absolutely delighted, I’m just over the moon, I can’t believe it,” O’Rourke said after the fight. “Coming out here the plan was to qualify but to end up with the gold medal is icing on the cake. No one mentioned my birthday all day and the minute my hand was raised they were all singing away, I think they had a bit of a plan in place.

 

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