Emotions ran high in the Nowy Targ Arena as a succession of Irish boxers took their shot at Olympic immortality.
Technically, yesterday was not the last chance saloon for the seven European Games quarter-finalists who needed one more win to clinch Paris 2024 qualification.
But while Kellie Harrington, Dean Clancy and Michaela Walsh booked their passage to the French capital at the European Games yesterday, four other Irish boxers failed in their bids in Poland.