(FEB 7) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.)
– The historic U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing will
officially kick off with the tournament draw and media
availability on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Northern Quest
resort. All 24 participants as well as USA Boxing officials will
be hand for the official event draw, which will determine each
of the athletes road to gold in Spokane.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials event draw will be done manually
with each of the four non-seeded boxers pulling a numbered
ping-pong ball to determine whom they will face in opening round
action on Monday night. Each boxer will do a short face-off with
her first round opponent for the assembled media during the
official draw. The top four finishers from the 2011 USA Boxing
National Championships in the three women’s Olympic weight
divisions will be the top four seeds, corresponding with their
finish in the tournament.
The athletes and USA Boxing personnel will be available for
interviews following the draw event, which will last
approximately 15 minutes. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials
participants will arrive in Spokane on Saturday for the event
and opening round action will begin in all three weight
divisions on Monday evening.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing will be the lone
domestic qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games, which will
feature the Olympic debut of the sport. The champions in each of
the three weight divisions will move on to the 2012 Women’s
World Championships in Qinhuangdao, China, where they will need
to place in the top eight to earn berths in the 2012 Olympic
Games.
Media credentials will be available for pick up at the event
draw for all press members having completed a U.S. Olympic Team
Trials for Women’s Boxing media credential request form.
Credential pick up will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Kalispel
Ballroom at the Northern Quest resort.
To obtain a media credential request form, contact Julie
Goldsticker at julie@goldstickerpr.com. The deadline for
returning completed forms is Friday, February 10.
U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR WOMEN’S BOXING EVENT DRAW DETAILS
WHAT: U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing Tournament
Draw and athlete media availability
WHERE: Kalispel Ballroom, Northern Quest Resort, 100 N. Hayford
Road, Airway Heights, WA 99001
WHEN: Sunday, February 12, 2:30 p.m. (Credential pick-up will
begin at 1:30 p.m.)
WHO: U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing participants
