Caitlin Parker and Charlie Senior carry the team’s hopes – and can now dream of winning the country’s first boxing gold during the 2024 Games
Caitlin Parker is assured of Australia’s first Olympic medal in women’s boxing after reaching the semi-finals but remains focused on gold at Paris 2024.Caitlin Parker is assured of Australia’s first Olympic medal in women’s boxing after reaching the semi-finals but remains focused on gold at Paris 2024.
“Working with a number of those sports to dig deeply into their systems, refocus and refresh their strategies,” Conde said at the time. “And ultimately still on the system, starting to have really good investments in pathways.”On Thursday evening, on centre court of the famed tennis venue Stade Roland Garros, Australia’s team captain Parker will fight Li Qian for a spot in the women’s middleweight gold medal match.
Parker is not the only Australian flying the flag at this rarefied level. Just 30 minutes before Parker enters the ring on Thursday, compatriot Senior will have his own semi-final fight in the men’s featherweight, against Uzbekistan’s Abdumalik Khalokov.) is historic. In the sport’s lengthy Olympic history, just six Australians have won boxing medals.
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