Great Britain announce boxing squad for 1st World Qualification Tournament with quotas for Paris 2024 on the line 

Team GB has announced the names of the 10 boxers who will compete for Paris 2024 quotas at the upcoming Olympic boxing qualification event (1st World Qualification Tournament), which takes place in Busto Arsizio, Italy from 4-11 March.

The squad includes Savannah Stubley (50kg), Elise Glynn (-57kg), Shona Whitwell (60kg) and Chantelle Reid fighting in the women’s competition with Kiaran MacDonald (51kg), Jack Dryden (-57kg), Patris Mughalzai (-63.5kg), Lewis Richardson (-71kg), Taylor Bevan (80kg) and Patrick Brown (-92kg) in the men’s.

In total, 51 quotas are on the line in Busto Arsizio and should the British boxers navigate the qualification tournament successfully, they will join Charley Davison (women’s 54kg), Rosie Eccles (women’s 66kg) and Delicious Orie (men’s 92kg+) who all secured Olympic quotas at last year’s European Games in Poland.

Cindy Ngamba, who trains with Team GB and fights in the UK, will represent the IOC Refugee Team at the event in the women’s 75kg category.

As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.

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For five members of the British squad, the World Qualification Tournament offers them a second chance to obtain a quota for the Games, with Glynn, Dryden, MacDonald, Whitwell and Bevan having all missed out at the European qualifier in Krakow.

For the rest of the team, this will be their first Paris 2024 eliminator, after recent contests proved to GB performance director Rob McCracken that they were ready to fight for a chance to compete at the Olympics.

"We have strength in depth in quite a few weight categories, so it is always difficult selecting teams for Olympic qualifying events, which are hugely significant for the boxers,” he said.

"But we have analysed their recent performances and gone with boxers whose form and fitness indicate they have a good chance of qualifying at the next event.”

For those who don’t secure Olympic quotas in Italy, all is not lost. There will be a final opportunity to do so at the 2nd World Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand in May.

McCracken is taking a long-term view of the qualification process, encouraging his boxers to continue to work hard to achieve their dream of competing at the Games.

"Qualifying for an Olympic Games in boxing is very tough and, while we expect our boxers to perform well in Italy, previous experience shows that we are likely to send boxers to the third and final qualifier,” he said.

"So those that have not made it this time need to continue to work and train hard and make sure they are ready to take the opportunity, if or when we come to select boxers for the final qualifier."