Jenifer Lehane says she is on ‘prime of the world’ after qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
The Ashbourne native stamped her ticket to Paris with victory over Hanna Lakotar of Hungary in Bangkok on a sensational Sunday for Irish boxing.
The win sees the 25-year-old, who took depart from her position as a main faculty instructor to pursue her dream, come from left discipline to turn out to be one of many stars of the present Olympic cycle.
A former martial artist, Lehane was seen as second to underage starlet Niamh Fay within the bantamweight pecking order a number of years in the past. Nonetheless, she battled her method to the highest spot domestically and excelled below the watchful eye of the Excessive Efficiency coaches.
The trail to Paris nonetheless had its potholes and bumps however the DCU boxer hit prime kind in Thailand this week and after three good performances is now a part of a particular membership of Irish boxing Olympians.
The 54kg fighter from Ashbourne stated: “I really feel on prime of the world. That is what desires are product of. I can’t imagine it.
“We sat down collectively, put the techniques collectively, I applied them, I caught to my easy boxing. I feel that’s what obtained me over the road.”
Lehane was visibly emotional publish the win and notably upon being handed the golden ticket. Emotional to the purpose the place she simply wished a hug from her somebody particular.
“I can’t wait to offer my boyfriend Shane a hug, and my coach Derek, I do know they’d like to be right here with me. We did it.”
