Kellie Harrington victorious on return to ring after injury layoff

Dubliner won her quarter-final bout against Aneta Rygielska in Bulgaria

Kellie Harrington won on her return to the ring in Bulgaria. Photo: Soenar Chamid/Inpho

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 19:50

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington was victorious on her return to the ring after a seven-month injury layoff.

The former world champion withdrew from the lightweight final at the European Games last June with a thumb injury and has been sidelined since.

However, at the Strandja Multi-Nation tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, Harrington won her quarter-final bout against Aneta Rygielska from Poland.

The event is a warm-up for the Olympic qualifying events which will see Harrington box in the European section in London in March.

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Fellow lightweight Amy Broadhurst was not as successful as she lost on points to the veteran Finnish fighter Mira Potkonen.

Broadhurst will also look to secure a place at the Olympics via the qualifier event in London.