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31/03/2008
Last chance for GB boxers to qualify for Beijing
The third and final Olympic qualifying tournament will take place in Athens from April 7th-14th.
The five selected boxers will be aiming to fill the remaining weight categories available to Great Britain in Beijing this August. If successful they will join Frankie Gavin, Joe Murray, Tony Jeffries and Bradley Saunders (who secured qualification at the World Championships in Chicago) and Billy Joe Saunders, James DeGale and Khalid Yafai (who qualified recently in Pescara, Italy).
The following boxers have been selected to box in Athens:
48kg Darran Langley
57kg Stephen Smith
91kg Danny Price
91kg Stephen Simmons
91+kg David Price
Stephen Smith in action at the 1st European Olympic qualifying event
in Pescara
During the team's stay in Greece, we will be passing on words of support from their fans, families and club mates. Your messages will help motivate the team and keep spirits high while they're far away from home; so if you have a message you want to get to the team, send it to: Laura.ross@abae.org.uk
More details to follow.