Olympic Youth Games 2018 – semi-final results and finals schedule
October 17, 2018 | by Matt Halfpenny
Another amazing day yesterday for Team GB out at the Youth Olympic Games with three boxers cementing their places into the finals and the 4th boxer in a box-off position for a bronze medal.
52kg Hope Price v IRE (Dean Clancy) – won 5:0
A clear dominant performance as Hope got better and better as each round progressed against his Irish opponent. A 5-0 unanimous points victory secures a place into today’s final.
81kg Karol Itauma v EGY (Youssef Ali Karar Ali Moussa) – won 5:0
Karol controlled the bout from first bell to last – landing clean and powerful punches. His eye-catching shots landed well as he eliminated the number two seed of the competition and a claimed a place into Thursday’s finals.
64kg Hassan Azim v RUS (Llia Popov) – lost 1:4
Hassan produced a top class performance against the Russian number 1 seed. Hassan boxed to instructions and can be proud of his efforts in this contest which the Russian edged on a 4:1 split decision.
60kg Caroline Dubois v ARG (Oriana Saputo) – won 5:0
The final bout of the day against the home favourite saw Caroline up her game and leave nothing to chance as she landed clean, clinical punches to her Argentinian opponent throughout the three rounds. A sure victory as all judges awarded each round a 10-9 in favour of Dubois.
Schedules;
Wednesday 17th:
From 4.50pm UK Time
- Bout 3 – 52kg Final – Hope Price v Sarawut Sukthet (Thailand)
Thursday 18th:
From 5pm UK Time
- Bout 5 – 64kg Bronze medal box off – Hassan Azim v Mohammed Boulaouja (Morocco)
- Bout 9 – 81kg Final – Karol Itauma v Ruslan Kolesnikov (Russia)
- Bout 13 – 60kg Final – Caroline Dubois v Porntip Buapa (Thailand)
