Boxing: Walsh defeated in Olympic qualifier
He has one more chance to make it to Paris
Belfast's Aidan Walsh missed out on his first opportunity to make this Summer's Olympics earlier.
Walsh, who won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Games was beaten 4-1 by Jordan's Zeyad Eashash in the 71kg division in Bangkok this morning.
It was an incident-packed five rounds for Walsh, who was deducted points by the referee for holding on two occasions.
However, he still has a chance of booking his seat on the plane to Paris, due to the amount of place available in his light-middleweight division. With the winner of the section, runner and both losing semi-finalists qualifying, there is still a fifth spot up for grabs.
That means Walsh will be involved in a box-off for that final berth.
However, Amy Broadhurst's switch from Ireland to Team GB in a bid to make the Games has ended after she lost her quarter-final prior to Walsh's bout.
The Dundalk woman, who has also boxed out of St Bronagh's in Rostrevor, County Down, lost 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the 60kg division to Korea's Yenjo Oh.
With a limited amount of places available in her section, the 2022 World, European and Commonwealth gold medallist, there is no second chance.