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"I put my life on hold...it was heartbreaking"

"I put my life on hold...it was heartbreaking"
Jordan Norris
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Beaten in the quarter-finals of the European Games last weekend, Saviours Crystal's boxer Kelyn Cassidy will have to go again if he is to secure himself a place at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

A close bout in Poland went the way of his Ukrainian opponent Oleksandr Khyzhniak on the judges score cards with Cassidy dropping to his knees in disbelief when the scores were called out.

Cassidy has been speaking with WLR Sport to reflect on what could have been.

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