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Olaore gets Olympic chance

THERE will be British interest in next month’s African Olympic qualifying tournament in Senegal. Adam Olaore will be representing Nigeria at heavyweight in Dakar (September 9-15) after winning the African Championships in Cameroon earlier this month.

That followed the 21-year-old from Wallsend in the North East winning the NAC and Tri Nations titles at 86kgs last season, representing Empire School of Boxing. Olaore has lived in Wallsend for the past nine years after being born in Nigeria and moving, aged

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