Aoife O'Rourke celebrated her 26th Birthday in style by defeating Davina-Myrha Michel 5-0 to take home the gold medal in the 75Kg division at the European Games in Krakow.
The Birthday girl led after a frantic opening round that saw both fighters come out swinging for the fences. The Roscommon native landed the more telling punches including a couple of powerful overhand rights that stopped her French opponent in her tracks to give her the opening round on all five judge's cards.
The second continued in a similar vein with O'Rourke quicker to the punch. Frustrated by her lack of success, Michel, who won bronze at last year's World Championship, resorted to holding and was warned on a couple of occasions by the referee.
