Lisa O’Rourke grabs GOLD: Castlerea ace is European U22 champ again

Dominant Lisa O’Rourke retained her European U22 light-middleweight crown in Sofia on Saturday.

The Castlerea ace, who received World Championship gold in 2022 in Istanbul, overpowered Darya Letsko within the 70kgs ultimate on the Sofia Sports activities Corridor.

Irish star O’Rourke, the European U22 champion in 2022 when beating Daria Parada in Croatia, left little question as to the victor.

The ringside arbitrators concurred with O’Rourke, preventing out the blue nook, having her hand raised and grabbing Eire’s first gold of those Championships.

O’Rourke took a agency maintain of the bout from the outset and Letsko would haven’t any match for the bunches of punches raining in from the Roscommon girl.

O’Rourke, having already accounted for Serbia’s Anastasia Lukajic in a quarter-final, defeated Poland’s Barbara Marcinkowska in a semi-final, taking a clear sweep of 30-26 playing cards from the judges in that one.

O’Rourke missed out on a spot on the Olympic Video games this 12 months with the IABA giving Grainne Walsh the ticket to Paris at welterweight.

Letsko, from Belarus and preventing underneath the IBA banner, couldn’t reply to the sheer quantity unloaded by O’Rourke.

Within the ultimate minute of the third spherical, O’Rourke landed an enormous proper on Letsko simply to verify what was already inevitable.

Having has some damage troubles, O’Rourke earned a clear sweep from the judges to take gold in model.

Earlier as we speak, Oakleaf BC minimumweight Carleigh Irving secured a silver medal, dropping out to Turkey’s Nursselen Yalgattekin within the 48kgs ultimate.

On Sunday, 48kgs Louis Rooney and 54kgs Patsy Joyce will go for gold in finals whereas Robyn Kelly, Clepson dos Santos, Bobbi Flood and Martin McDonagh have received bronze medals.

Crew Eire

48kg Carleigh Irving, Oakleaf Boxing Membership

54kg Robyn Kelly, Ballynacargy Boxing Membership

57kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal Boxing Membership

63kg Linda Desmond, Rylane Boxing Membership

66kg Kaci Rock, Enniskerry Boxing Membership

70kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea Boxing Membership

75kg Bethany Dooecy, Castlebar Boxing Membership

48kg Louis Rooney, Star Boxing Membership

51kg Clepson dos Santos, Holy Trinity ABC

54kg Patsy Joyce, Olympic BC Mullingar

57kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath Golden Gloves Boxing Membership

63.5kg Roy Colgan, Avona Boxing Membership

67kg Luke Corridor, Olympic Boxing Membership Mullingar

71kg Bobbi Flood, Cabra Boxing Membership

75kg Josh Olaniyan, Jobstown Boxing Membership

80kg James Whelan, Dublin Docklands Boxing Membership

86kg Kian Hedderman, St. Francis Boxing Membership

92+kg Martin McDonagh, Galway Boxing Membership