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04/04/2008
2nd AIBA European Boxing Qualifying Tournament
Five members of the GB podium squad will start to compete on Monday for a place on the Olympic team this summer in Beijing.
The competition starts on Monday April 6, with preliminary rounds taking place between 2pm and 6pm and 7pm onwards. Boxing will continue throughout the week, with Thursday as the official rest day.
The boxers will be competing in the Olympic Weightlifting venue in the city where Amir Khan earned his Olympic medal back in 2004. With seven boxers already qualified for Beijing, this is a strong reminder of how vital funding and the work of the GB coaches have turned the team's fortunes around since the last Olympics.
The team in Athens...
48kg Darran Langley (Hollington ABC, Cambridgeshire)
Aged 26
57kg Stephen Smith (Rotunda, Liverpool)
Aged 22
91kg Stephen Simmons (Leith ACC, Scotland)
Aged 23
91kg Danny Price (Westway, Scarborough)
Aged 22
91kg+ David Price (Salisbury, Liverpool)
Aged 24
The daily schedule is as follows:
SUNDAY APRIL 6
Arrival of officials, judges and teams
MONDAY APRIL 7
7-9am General medical examination and weigh-in
11am-midday Official draw
2-6pm Preliminaries (session 1)
7pm Preliminaries (session 2)
TUESDAY APRIL 8
7am Medical exams and weigh-in
2-6pm Preliminaries (session 1)
7pm Preliminaries (session 2)
THURSDAY APRIL 10
REST DAY
FRIDAY APRIL 11
7am Medical exams and weigh-in
2pm Semi finals
SATURDAY APRIL 12
7am Medical exams and weigh-in
3pm Finals and awarding ceremonies