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07/04/2008
Olympic qualifyer results so far - Athens 2008
Darran Langley has made a great start to the week with a points win over Italian Alfonso Pinto.
Danny Price lost against Darmos Jozsef (Hungary)
Stephen Simmons lost against Petrisor Gananau (Romania)
More results, schedule and full bout reports to follow.
The tournament so far...
The team, ably lead by head coach Terry Edwards with Nigel Davis of Wales and Dave Pocknell of England in support, arrived in Athens for the final Olympic qualifying tournament, buoyed by the confidence of having already qualified 7 boxers for Beijing 2008.
An extra victory was racked up by the Brits, on their way to Athens, when they won an honourable, hard fought, points victory over Heathrow's, formidably notorious, Terminal 5. Okay, so the plane took off an hour and a half late and Darran Langley had not had a ticket reserved, even though Terry Edwards had an E mail confirmation in his possession. Then, on arriving in Athens, half the teams' names were called over the tannoy with an apology that their bags had not got on their flight. Ah ha the Brits are better than that, all the bags did arrive, hence victory to team GB.
Four Englishmen and a Scot know that this is it, their last chance of Olympic qualification, only reaching the finals here in Athens will be good enough to book their tickets for China.
Following are the lads who are looking to make it a "Full House" to Beijing 2008.
48kg "Womble" Darran Langley, Hollington ABC, Camberwell, London, a Croydon postman and Wimbledon AFC mascot, he is reigning Commonwealth champ
57kg Stephen "Swifty" Smith, Rotunda ABC, Liverpool, reigning Commonwealth champ and European bronze medalist
91kg "Brave Heart" Steve Simmons, Leith Victoria AAC, Scotland, heavyweight champ of Scotland
91kg "Priceless" Danny Price, Westway ABC, Scarborough, heavyweight champ of England
91+ kg "Dynamite" David Price, Salisbury PC club, Liverpool, reigning Commonwealth Games champ
7th April, 2008
48kg Darran Langley v Alfonso Pinto (Italy)
91kg Steve Simmons v Petrisor Gananau (Romania)
91kg Danny Price v Darmos Jozsef (Hungary)