THERE has been a social media backlash after Amy Broadhurst was picked to field for Nice Britain within the last Olympic qualifier.
GB Boxing have needed to restrict who might touch upon the story on their Fb web page as coaches and followers reacted angrily to the information GB Boxing shall be sending Broadhurst at 60kgs for the occasion in Thailand (Could 25-June 2).
Broadhurst has gained European, World and Commonwealth Video games gold representing Eire and household and supporters of Shona Whitwell and Gemma Richardson are sad with the choice to ship the 27 yr outdated from Dundalk to Bangkok.
St Ives southpaw Whitwell went to the primary two qualifying occasions and Richardson (Scunthorpe) got here again with a silver medal from the World Boxing Cup: Worldwide Invitational in Colorado earlier this month.
Response to Broadhurst’s swap on her personal social media has been extra constructive with nearly all of Irish followers backing her.
Broadhurst seemed into the potential for boxing for Britain after being instructed Eire would ship welterweight Grainne Walsh to the ultimate qualifier held in Bangkok (Could 27-June 2).
The IOC web site says athletes can solely change nationality after “not less than three years have handed because the competitor final represented their former nation.”
Broadhurst seems to have been accepted to characterize GB Boxing as a result of she has a British passport – her father is from Slough – and is registered with Islington ABC.
Aged 18, Broadhurst moved to London and coach Reg Hagland reckons she had “round a dozen bouts” for the North London membership.
She had spells sleeping within the health club throughout her spell within the capital.
Representing Islington, Broadhurst was named Finest Boxer on the 2016 Celtic Field Cup in Dungarvan and gained the 2018 ABA Championship of their colors.
She additionally represented London ABA in opposition to Sweden in Gothenburg in 2016.
Rob McCracken, GB Boxing’s Efficiency Director, stated of the choice to choose Broadhurst: “GB Boxing’s choice standards dictates that we select those that exhibit the potential to qualify for and to win a medal on the Olympic Video games and, having carefully assessed all the boxers at current coaching camps and examined their previous performances at elite worldwide tournaments, the coaches have been unanimous of their view of which boxer fulfilled the standards most within the girls’s light-weight division.”
Broadhurst did suppose over a transfer to GB Boxing some time in the past after it was clear Kellie Harrington could be aiming for back-to-back Olympic golds at 60kgs in Paris.
Kellie Harrington (L)
Broadhurst, who predicted on the time she would get “numerous stick” if she made the transfer, dominated the 2022 Commonwealth Video games at 60kgs and gained European and World gold at 63kgs.
Gentle-welterweight isn’t one of many girls’s weight classes in Paris and with Harrington the No 1 selection with Eire at 60kgs, Broadhurst was compelled to maneuver as much as 66kgs.
She simply missed out on qualifying for the Olympics eventually yr’s European Video games in Poland, shedding a break up to Rosie Eccles (Wales).
The Irish Novice Boxing Affiliation despatched Walsh to the qualifier in Italy in March and missed out in heartbreaking trend, shedding on a tie break to Aneta Rygielska (Poland).
Walsh was up on two playing cards on the last bell with the opposite three judges having it degree.
The judges have been requested to appoint a winner and all 5 voted for the Pole.
Broadhurst seemed into her choices after being instructed Walsh could be despatched to Bangkok for the final qualifier.
She was supplied a field off in opposition to Lisa O’Rourke for the No 2 spot behind Walsh and turned it down.
Patris Mughalzai is picked at 63.5kgs after a run to the ultimate on the World Boxing Cup in Colorado.
The 21 yr outdated from Powerday Hooks put out 2021 World featherweight champion Jahmal Harvey (USA) and got here by way of a crunch semi last in opposition to Reese Lynch.
Mughalzai beat the Scottish southpaw unanimously earlier than withdrawing from the ultimate.
Lewis Richardson (Colchester) is distributed to Bangkok at 71kgs forward of 2022 European Champion Harris Akbar (Bradford Police) after each got here again from Colorado with bronze medals and Ramtin Musah (Beartown) will get his likelihood at 80kgs.
Welsh light-heavyweight Taylor Bevan (Poseidon) had been despatched to the primary two qualifying occasions.
Empire light-flyweight Savannah Stubley, bronze medallist on the newest World Boxing Cup occasion, is picked forward of Demi-Jade Resztan (New Astley) and Elise Glynn (West Warwicks) is the choose at 57kgs.
She gained featherweight gold in Colorado with three wins.
Kiaran MacDonald (Sunderland) and Owan Harris-Allan (Apollos) full the Nice Britain workforce, competing at 50kgs and 57kgs respectively.
Each have been solely a win away from qualifying at earlier occasions.
GB BOXING TEAM for Olympic qualifier in Bangkok (Could 25-June 2).
Variety of Olympic locations out there in brackets
Ladies: 50kgs: Savannah Stubley (3 or 4); 57kgs: Elise Glynn (3 or 4); 60kgs: Amy Broadhurst (2 or 3)
Males: 51kgs: Kiaran MacDonald (4); 57kgs: Owain Harris-Allan (2 or 3); 63.5kgs: Patris Mughalzai (4 or 5); 71kgs: Lewis Richardson (4 or 5); 80kgs: Ramtin Musah (2 or 3).
AMY BROADHURST STATEMENT
“It has all the time been my dream to compete on the Olympic Video games and I’m very pleased that I’ve been chosen by GB Boxing to go to the ultimate qualifying occasion in Thailand in Could.
“The choice to pursue an alternate path to the Olympic Video games – after I used to be knowledgeable by the Irish Athletic Boxing Affiliation (IABA) in March 2024 that I might not be assessed for choice for the ultimate qualifier – was not taken flippantly and, because the holder of a British passport, I felt I owed it to myself and all of the those that have supported me all through my profession to do all the things potential to proceed to pursue my dream of competing on the largest stage in sport.
“Since I first walked into the GB Boxing health club, I’ve been made to really feel extremely welcome by my new teammates and all the coaches and help employees and I wish to thank everybody at GB Boxing for his or her help and laborious work over current weeks in serving to to maintain my Olympic dream alive and enabling me to have this chance.
“My precedence now’s to proceed to coach laborious, hearken to the coaches and provides myself the absolute best likelihood of succeeding on the qualifier and attaining my dream of securing a spot on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris.
“I’ve nothing additional so as to add at the moment and won’t be making any additional public remark till after the qualifying occasion in Thailand.”
