Agnes Alexiusson of Sweden qualified for her second Olympic Games

Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson qualified for her second Games through the 2^nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event which had an excellent session in Bangkok.

Venezuela’s Johana Gomez had excellent achievement in the recent two years but her large margin of difference against United States’ Shera Mae Patricio was unexpected in the opening bout of the day. South Korea’s Im Ae Ji and Azerbaijan’s Zeynab Rahimova both won their bantamweight (54kg) bouts today.

Hungary’s Hanna Lakotar was patient and she had a tactical battle against Armenia’s ex-Russian Ekaterina Sycheva in the Round of 16 at the women’s bantamweight (54kg). The European bronze medallist Hungarian landed the better jabs in their chess game and she will meet for the quota Ireland’s Jennifer Lehane.

Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson eliminated one of her main Indian rivals in the quarter-finals and she kept the full focus on her quota bout against another Asian opponent, Vietnam’s Ha Thi Linh. The 28-year-old Swedish worked from longer distance in all of the three rounds and after the Tokyo edition, she qualified for her second Olympic Games.

South Korea’s Asian Games winner Oh Yeon Ji achieved the second quota in this women’s lightweight (60kg) which was their nation’s first spot for the Paris Olympics.

Colombia’s Shirleidis Orozco moved up to the middleweight (75kg) in the previous weeks and her decision paid off against Ghana’s US-based Ornella Sathoud and she will now meet for the quota Kazakhstan’s former World Champion Valentina Khalzova.

Mexico’s Citlalli Ortiz, the former Junior World Champion, was much smaller than Germany’s Irina Schoenberger but her aggressive style of boxing guaranteed her triumph in this women’s middleweight (75kg) bout.

Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova faced a young talent in the Round of 16, Venezuela’s Maryelis Yriza for the quarter-finals. The 20-year-old Uzbek started the first round better than her South American opponent, but Yriza was able to turn back their bout today.