10 more Olympic spots up for grabs at African qualifier

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Twenty more boxers will face off for 10 Olympic vacancies as the last of the semifinal bouts at the 1st AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria start at 15:00 (local time) on Monday.

All finalists in the 51kg, 57kg, 64kg, 75kg and 91kg divisions will book a ticket to Beijing, while the losers in the 51kg, 57kg, 64kg and 75kg classes will have another chance to qualify in Tuesday's bronze medal bouts.

After qualifying four and two boxers respectively in Sunday's first semifinals, Algeria and Tunisia will be looking to confirm more Olympic representatives with three boxers each appearing in today's semifinals.

Meanwhile, the 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament enters its fourth day of preliminary round action in Bangkok, Thailand.

The preliminaries continue until Wednesday before the semifinals on Friday and finals on Saturday.

1st AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament page