Akvile Siupieniute of Spartacus Boxing Club, in the black t-shirt, pictured on Tuesday with members of the Irish Olympics boxing team (from left) Michaela Walsh, Aoife O'Rourke, Jennifer Lehane, Gráinne Walsh and Daina Moorehouse.

Young Tullamore boxer trains with Irish Olympians

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A young member of Spartacus Boxing Club in Tullamore had a memorable day out in Dublin earlier this week when she got the opportunity to train with the members of the Irish Olympic boxing team.

Akvile Siupieniute (13) was selected to attend the event in the Sport Ireland High Performance Campus on Tuesday.

There she got to participate in an open training day with the Olympic team, which includes Tullamore's Gráinne Walsh who started her journey in boxing at the Spartacus club.

Tullamore's Gráinne Walsh with Akvile Siupieniute from her hometown club, Spartacus.

It was a special day for Akvile, who is showing great promise in the sport herself and competed in the finals of National Junior Cadet Championships in Dublin's National Stadium last month.

The Olympic Games in Paris will run from the July 24 to August 11 The opening ceremony will take place on July 26, with the boxing getting underway the following day.

Akvile Siupieniute with brother and sister Michaela and Aidan Walsh, both of whom are among the ten-strong boxing team representing Ireland at the Olympics in Paris.
Adrian Cusack
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