Both Kellie Harrington and Aoife O'Rourke have secured gold medal bouts after unanimous victories in their respective semi-finals in the Strandja tournament in Sofia.
Olympic gold medallist Harrington made light work of Kazakhstan's Rimma Volossenko, earning a straightforward unanimous victory.
Four of the judges scored the fight 29-28 in favour of the Dubliner, with the remaining judge awarding Harrington a 30-27 victory.
Harrington will face the winner of the clash between Serbia's Natalia Shadrina and Russia's Nune Asatrian in tomorrow's final.
🚨Strandja Result🚨
— IABA (@IABABOXING) February 25, 2022
An assured win for Kellie Harrington over 🇰🇿.
She is through to the final in Saturday's afternoon session, and will meet either 🇷🇸or 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/xBe4w5PNSI
Earlier, Roscommon fighter O'Rourke became the first Irish representative to reach a final in Sofia with a similarly authoritative performance.
O'Rourke, who also competed at the Tokyo Olympics, delivered a dominant performance against Russian opponent Anastasia Shamonova, winning 30-27 on all the judges' scorecards and upgrading her bronze medal to a silver, at least.
The Castlerea middleweight had already guaranteed a bronze with a unanimous victory over France's Davina Michael on Thursday. She will face Panama's Atheyna Bylon in Saturday's final.
🚨Strandja Result🚨
— IABA (@IABABOXING) February 25, 2022
Aoife O'Rourke has won a decisive, dominating victory over 🇷🇺 in her semi-final🥊🥊🥊.
She boxes for 🥇 v 🇵🇦 in Saturdays evening session pic.twitter.com/jlOt5KelkQ
