White-and-Reds learn their first obstacles on the road to Tokyo
The European qualifying tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games begins tomorrow in London. From March 14 to 24, 99 women and 217 men will compete for Olympic berths at the Copper Box Arena. The Polish teams, led by Karolina Michalczuk (women) and Ivan Yushchenko (men), are among them. The White-and-Reds now know their tournament brackets.
Among the women, the largest number of entries are in the 57 kg (23), 60 kg (22), 51 kg (21), 69 kg (17) and 75 kg (16) divisions. In the men’s competition, the most heavily populated categories are 75 kg (34 boxers), 69 kg (31), 57 kg (30), 81 kg (29), 63 kg (28), 91 kg (26), over 91 kg (20) and 52 kg (19).
Aneta Rygielska (60 kg), Jakub Słomiński (52 kg) and Maciej Jóźwik (57 kg) will enter the ring tomorrow. Rygielska will face Romania’s Cristina-Paula Cosma, Słomiński will meet Russia’s Rasul Saliyev, while Jóźwik will take on Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan.
WOMEN
51 KG Sandra Drabik (March 16) in the round of 16 against Tatyana Kob (Ukraine) or Anakhahim Aghayeva (Azerbaijan)
57 KG Sandra Kruk (March 15) in the round of 16 against Stanimira Petrova (Bulgaria)
60 KG Aneta Rygielska (March 14) in the round of 32 against Cristina-Paula Cosma (Romania)
69 KG Karolina Koszewska (March 17) in the round of 16 against Madeleine Angelsen (Norway)
75 KG Elżbieta Wójcik (March 17) in the round of 16 against Aynur Rzayeva (Azerbaijan)
MEN
52 KG Jakub Słomiński (March 14) in the round of 32 against Rasul Saliyev (Russia)
57 KG Maciej Jóźwik (March 14) in the round of 32 against Artur Bazeyan (Armenia)
63 KG Damian Durkacz (March 15) in the round of 32 against Farid Walizadeh (Portugal)
69 KG Mateusz Polski (March 16) in the round of 32 against Sebastian Terteryan (Denmark)
75 KG Ryszard Lewicki (March 16) in the round of 32 against Andrej Csemez (Slovakia)
81 KG Sebastian Wiktorzak (March 15) in the round of 32 against Stiven Aas (Estonia)
91 KG Mateusz Masternak (March 15) in the round of 32 against David Michalek (Slovakia)
+91 KG Adam Kulik (March 18) in the round of 16 against Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
