Paris 2024: Kellie Harrington guarantees medal with historic victory in Paris

Kellie Harrington became the first Irish woman to medal at more than one Olympic Games after securing at least bronze with a quarter-final win over Colombia's Angie Valdes Pana by unanimous decision at Paris 2024.

The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist will now face a potential semi-final on Saturday night against her final opponent from three years ago, Beatriz Ferreira, at Roland Garros provided the Brazilian beats Netherland’s Chelsey Heijnen in the last bout of Wednesday’s evening session.

Harrington started her quarter-final at the Arena Paris Nord as she finished her last-16 win by unanimous decision on Monday, with poise.

The Dubliner picked her moments to attack, countering effectively when Valdes Pana came forward and her first round efforts were rewarded with all five judges scoring it in her favour.

The second followed a similar pattern with the experienced Harrington continuing to box clever and remaining considered with the timing of when to come forward. This round was deemed closer with the 34-year-old shading it 3-2 on the judges’ cards.

The final round saw Harrington maintain her distance against the Colombian who was desperately seeking a route back into the contest only to encounter counters as the champion from Tokyo laid traps, ultimately winning the final round convincingly on all the judges' cards.

Earlier in the afternoon, Jude Gallagher exited Paris 2024 at the last-16 stage after suffering a defeat by unanimous decision to Carlo Palaam of the Philippines in the men's 57kg category.

The 'Tyrone Tornado', who had a bye through the last-32, would have moved to within touching distance of a medal fight if he had progressed to the quarter finals, but lost all three rounds.

He became the fifth Irish boxer to suffer a