Christina Desmond and Amy Broadhurst have missed out on medals at the women's World Boxing Championships in Siberia.
Cork welterweight Desmond has lost her quarter-final to Turkey's Busenas Surmeneli by unanimous decision.
Despite a strong third-round showing from the Irish champion, the bout was called 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in Surmeneli's favour.
The Turkish fighter is a previous world and youth gold medal winner at middleweight.
RESULT
The journey is over for @Tina_Desmond at @ulanude2019 as she exits the Q-Finals via UD v
A brave showing in a tough battle today and lots of positives to take moving forward from the tournament
Hard Luck Tina! #TeamIreland #RoadToTokyo #20x20 #CantSeeCantBe pic.twitter.com/8lyaJImkyn
— IABA (@IABABOXING) October 10, 2019
Amy Broadhurst also suffered defeat at the last-eight stage.
The Louth lightweight lost on a unanimous decision to Finland's European champion Mira Potkonen.
Number-one seed Potkonen, who defeated Katie Taylor at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, was given the bout by all the judges 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.
RESULT
Another massive effort from @amybroadhurst12 but its not to be as she loses out to via UD
Disappointment today but a great tournament filled with excellent performances to build on for the future!
Hard Luck Amy! #TeamIreland #RoadToTokyo #CantSeeCantBe pic.twitter.com/VyiJyje377
— IABA (@IABABOXING) October 10, 2019
Today's defeats end Ireland's interest at the competition and the team will return home empty-handed.
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