Jack Marley aims to build from Olympic experience at World Boxing Championships
At just 21, Jack Marley became Ireland's first heavyweight boxer at the Olympics since 1996.
After winning his first bout, a medal was not to be for the Dublin boxer when he lost to Tajikistan’s Davlat Boltaev in the quarter-finals.
Just over a year later, Marley се приготвя за Световното състезание по бокс в Ливърпул идната седмица и се надява да се поучи от опита си в Париж.
" Беше мъчно да си тръгне в борбата с медали, просто беше толкоз покрай подиума.
" Непосредствената реакция беше от отчаяние. But then, once you sit back and take it all in as a Games as a whole and an Olympic cycle as a whole, I was happy on the outcome of the four years. ”
The years previous would have seen all of Jack's focus on qualifying and preparing for the Paris Olympics, which saw Kellie Harrington claim Ireland's sole medal in boxing.
Coming down from being an Olympian has been an easy transition За Марли, който се радваше на простите неща в повдига...
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