Rosie Eccles wins Euro bronze after Olympics qualification
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Rosie Eccles (R) shows her delight after winning a tight encounter against Amy Broadhurst in the quarter-finals
Rosie Eccles has won 66kg bronze at the European Games, having already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics by reaching the last four.
The 26-year-old lost to Turkey's 2020 Olympics gold medallist Busenaz Surmineli on a split decision.
Eccles, one of 13 British boxers chosen to compete in Poland, beat Ireland's Amy Broadhurst, also by split decision in the quarter-finals.
That sealed the Welsh fighter's qualification for the 2024 Paris Games.
Despite defeat by Surmineli, Eccles can now look forward to competing at her first Olympics next summer.
Eccles said: "I'm gutted. I wanted to be in that final for the gold medal… I'm a winner, I thought I'd done enough, but (it was) top level and all that and should have been the final."
She added: "There's things to build on for next year. I'm just sorry that I didn't bring home the gold medal."
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