Boxing women's featherweight Seina Irie appointed as Olympic representative on March 9 at 20:03
In the quarterfinals of the Boxing Tokyo Olympics and the Asia-Oceania Qualifiers in Jordan, female featherweight Sina Irie beat the Philippine athlete on the 9th to be offered the Olympics.
Boxing Asia / Oceania qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics have been held in Amman, Jordan since 3rd, and if they get the slots given to the top 4 to 6 players in each class, they will represent the Olympics. I will be offered a job.
From Japan, 11 men, 6 men and 5 women, participated in the qualifying round. Of these, female featherweight Seina Irie beat the New Zealand player in the second round of the first match and advanced to the quarterfinals. .
In the quarterfinals on the 9th, Irie competed with the players from the Philippines, made accurate decisions centering on the punch on the right, took the trouble until the end, won the 4: 1 decision, and advanced to the semifinals.
As a result, Irie was decided to win a quota at the women's featherweight class and was nominated for the Olympics.
Boxing girls have been included in the official Olympic Games since the 2012 London Games, and Irie was the first female Japanese athlete to be hired.
About Irie
Irie is a 19-year-old first-year student at Nikkei University from Tottori Prefecture. The good timing of punching and setting up a counter is characteristic, and the left punch is also powerful while being right-handed.
When he was in elementary school, he started competing for reading boxing comics, won the All-Japan Championship in his third year of high school, and entered the Best Eight in last year's World Championship, where he participated for the first time. We participate in game and are experienced.
He was at the age of 19, the youngest of the 11 Japanese nationals, to compete in the Asia / Oceania qualifiers.