Daina Moorehouse desires to have her summer time plans sorted out early.
The Wicklow flyweight has her sights set on the Paris 2024 Olympics and desires to ebook her ticket to the subsequent Olympiad as quickly as February.
The Enniskerry BC boxer is hopeful the very fact she retained her 50kg Nationwide Elite crown on the Nationwide Stadium late final month will see her chosen to characterize Eire within the subsequent Olympic qualifiers scheduled for 29 February – 12 March. It gained’t be a case of final probability saloon on the Busto Arsizio, Italy-hosted World Qualifier as there can be a 3rd and ultimate qualifier in Thailand in late Could, however Moorehouse doesn’t wish to assume that far forward hoping to get the job executed within the spring.
“The subsequent qualifiers are in February,” she tells Irish-boxing.com. “They’re those I’m hoping to go to. I’ve gained my second Elite title, so hopefully I’ll be picked for February. There’s one after that however we wish to be certified by then.”
Having gained back-to-back Elite crowns the previous underage starlet is favorite to be chosen for the qualifiers, notably as she defeated closest rivals – and certainly shut associates – Cathlin Fryers and Shannon Sweeney within the final two Elite flyweight finals.
“It was an excellent struggle,” she says of her ultimate win over Mayo’s Sweeney. “We’ve each improved a lot. She beat Cathlin Fryers [in the semi-final], what an opponent to beat, so I knew this struggle was going to be powerful. Thank God I acquired by way of it and I hope now to go to the Olympic Qualifiers in Febraury.”
