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Boxing sisters Lisa and Aoife O'Rourke win Gold at World Hyrox Championships
Roscommon boxing sisters Aoife and Lisa O'Rourke have picked up gold medals at the recent World Hyrox Championships in Chicago.
The international boxers picked up gold in the doubles event, which consists of a series of runs and workouts alternating between the two members of the group.
On Friday, Lisa won a bronze medal in the inviduals event before the victory alongside her sister. View this post on Instagram
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Sharing a clip from the event, Lisa wrote: 'WTF just happened!!! Hyrox Pro Women's Doubles World Champions.'
Friends and followers of the talented sisters took to the comments full of praise with one writing: 'Insane you two! So inspiring.'
Another added: 'Unbelievable girls putting Ireland on the map.'
A third commented: 'Massive congrats to you both.'
The Castlerea sisters now turn their attention to the upcoming World Boxing's Elite World Championships where they will be hoping to represent Ireland.
The championships take place from September 4 to 14 with the IABA [Irish Athletic Boxing Association] currently in the process of selecting a team.
The recent Elite Championships, which took place in Belfast last month, worked as an aid for the organisation to select the team with both O'Rourke sisters winning in their respective categories. Ireland's Lisa O'Rourke celebrates winning a gold medal, 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. Pic: INPHO/Aleksandar Djorovic
On getting picked for the Worlds, the sisters will be hoping to upgrade their Silvers from last year's championships in Nis, Serbia to Gold.
The championships will be 23-year-old Lisa's third, having won Gold in 2022 in Istanbul, and her older sister Aoife's second World championships.
The sisters also boast a realm of European titles with Lisa picking up Gold in 2022 and 2024 in the U22s while Aoife, 27, has European Games Gold from 2023 as well as European Championship Gold from 2019, 2022 and 2024. 2023 European Games Aoife O'Rourke is declared winner. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher
Last year, saw Lisa O'Rourke pick up silver while she was crowned World Champion in 2022 meanwhile her Olympian sister is the current silver medalist and also has four European gold medals to her name.
Olympian Aoife entered the Paris Games Last 16 stage of the middleweight class last year but was dealt a cruel blow when she suffered a split decision loss against Poland's Elisabetha Wojcik.
With the Polish boxer docked a point and warning continuously for holding, it had looked like Aoife would be victorious and advance to the quarter-final stages.
Unfortunately, despite winning the second round, Aoife lost after her Polish opponent was victorious on four scorecards in the third round.
