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Ireland's Michael O'Reilly heads directly to final after Russian fails medical

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Ireland's Michael O'Reilly heads straight into the middleweight gold-medal fight after semi-final opponent Maxim Koptyakov fails to recover from a cut eye.

Ireland's Michael O'Reilly has been handed a gold medal lifeline after semi-final opponent Maxim Koptyakov failed a medical before their bout.

Russian Koptyakov failed to recover from a cut, meaning that O'Reilly will head straight into the middleweight gold-medal fight.

Baku 2015 boxing tournament manager Paul Porter confirmed: "The Russian boxer failed to complete his medical examination because of his cut eye and that gives the Irish boxer a walkover."

O'Reilly, 22, will now face the winner of the other middleweight semi-final between Azerbaijani Xaybula Musalov and Hungary's Zoltan Harcsa.

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Michael O'Reilly of Ireland (blue) competes in the Men's Boxing Middleweight (75kg) Quarter Final during day twelve of the Baku 2015 European Games at the Crystal Hall on June 24, 2015
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