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Fantastic Kellie Harrington from Ireland defeated Beatriz Ferreira from Brazil by split decision, and she is now in the finals of the Olympic games in Paris. It was a match between two great boxers who fought in the finals of the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Kellie Harrington won three bouts in Paris up to now, and in the finals she will meet Wenlu Yang from China. They will fight on 6 August.

Tokyo Olympic games silver medallist from Turkey, BuseNaz Cakiroglu, was better than her opponent from Finland, young and very talented Pihla Kaivo-Oja, and secured bronze medal at this Olympics. In the semifinals, she will face Aira Villegas from the Philippines.

Javiar Diaz Ibanez, who represents Bulgaria in the 57 kg weight category, is also a medal winner. On his way to the semifinals, Ibanez first defeated Aider Abduraimov from Ukraine, while yesterday he won another contest by unanimous decision, this time against Shudai Harada from Japan.

Great Britain will have only one boxer in the semis, and that is 27-year-old Lewis Richardson. Yesterday he wasbetter than Zeyad Eashash from Jordan. This was his second win in Paris, and he will fight his next bout on 6 August. His opponent will be Marko Alonso Verde from Mexico.