During the period between the two Olympic qualifying rounds, the International Boxing Association (IBA), in collaboration with the European Boxing Federation to organize the European Boxing Championship 2024. In the context of IBA boycotted by many European countries, the tournament still recorded 401 boxers of 33 countries attending.
After 11 days of competition, the European Boxing Championship 2024 will close on April 28. One of the reasons for the tournament to attract many boxers is because the organizers have decided to award the athletes. In the official announcement, the martial artists who won the gold medal received a bonus up to 15,000 USD.
With the Organizing Committee of the European Boxing Championship 2024 awarding bonuses to fighters with good achievements, the tournament has recorded many world -class athletes competing. One of them is Aoife O'Rourke, an Irish fighter who has officially won tickets to the Paris Olympic Games. She won 75kg gold medal.
The trend of giving bonuses, instead of just giving medals at high -performance boxing prizes is what IBA has been promoted recently. Earlier, at the 2023 Boxing Championship, the champions, runner -ups and bronze medals were awarded bonuses 100,000, 50,000 and 25,000 USD respectively.
Besides, the European Boxing Championship 2024 also recorded the presence of many Russian boxers. In the competition content for women, Russia has 10/12 fighters in the finals. They won 3 gold medals, 7 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. The host of Serbia also has 3 gold medals, 1 gold medal after the end of the female competition.