Natasha Jonas moved one step closer to securing a place at the London Olympics with a second-round win at the World Championships in China.
Liverpudlian lightweight Jonas, 27, beat Switzerland's Sandra Brugger 23-11 to reach the last 16 in Qinhuangdao. Flyweight Nicola Adams and middleweight Savannah Marshall are the other Britons looking to seal Olympic places. Each of them must finish as one of the top three Europeans in her weight class to qualify for London 2012. "It was good," Jonas told BBC Sport after her win over Brugger. "It's always nice to get out and just do the best you can. It's everything I've been working for since 2009 so basically I've just got to keep going. "I've only reached the last 16 so there's a lot more stages I've got to go, but obviously it's the carrot dangling in front of me that I'm aiming for.
It's nice to sometimes think ahead but I have to keep focused on now." Marshall takes to the ring on Monday against 75kg opponent Claressa Shields of the United States in the second round, while Adams is also through to the second round after outpointing Belarusian Yana Levankova in her opening bout. The London Olympics are the first time women's boxing will feature at a Games after changes to the programme in 2009.
14 May 2012 Last updated at 12:47
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18047350
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