Africa-Press – Cape verde. Cape Verdean international boxer living in France Bruno Fernandes plays today, in Dakar, Senegal, the semi-finals of the pre-Olympic African qualification tournament in the 71 kilos for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.
Fernandes defeated a competitor from Tunisia on Wednesday night and achieved his third victory in as many fights in this competition organized by the Task Force of the International Olympic Committee and today he will compete with an athlete from Egypt for access to the final.
Bruno Fernandes is now the only Cape Verdean athlete in this event, as in the other quarter-finals involving Cape Verdean boxers, Nancy Moreira (66kg) and Carina Varela (60kg) fell by the wayside in fights with opponents from Mozambique and Ivory Coast respectively, losing on points in their second combats.
Who also fell by the wayside, and in his debut in this competition, was the 92kg boxer Davilson Morais, eliminated in the first round by technical K.O, by a competitor from the Seychelles.
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