Teenager Amir Khan has set his sights on an Olympic medal after booking his place at summer's Games.

The 17-year-old from Heaton goes to Athens after winning the Strandja Cup qualification tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

And he said: "A lot of people will be expecting things of me now. I think I've got a good chance of getting a medal, and I'm going to be going for the gold."

Amir won three bouts in a week to take the Strandja Cup, first defeating Avtandil Kashia, of Georgia, who had controversially beaten the Bolton boxer on points at the European Championships in Croatia in February.

The teenager, who is a member of Bury Amateur Boxing Club, then beat Avoyan Bagrat, of Armenia, before securing his place at the Olympics with a points win over Romania's Adrian Alexandru in the semi-finals.

Amir won the final on a walkover after his opponent, Rovshan Hysynov, of Azerbaijan, withdrew with a foot injury.

"The phone hasn't stopped ringing since I got home," Amir said. "I've been doing loads of interviews. It's a big achievement.

"But I'm looking forward to having a month off now. I've been boxing competitively and preparing for fights for the last 18 months without a break.

"So I'm going to have a rest, then I've got a couple of competitions, and I'll be going to a training camp in Cyprus to get used to the warmer climate before I go to Athens.

"There's also going to be a warm-up tournament in Athens involving Olympic boxers, which will be a good test."

Amir is the youngest British boxer ever to qualify for the Olympics.

Welshman Colin Jones was younger when he reached the Montreal Games in 1976, but that was in the days before qualifying tournaments.

The Amateur Boxing Association had initially expressed concerns that Amir may not be ready for the qualifiers, as he is still too young to box at senior domestic level, despite being old enough to fight internationally.

But Amir said: "I always had confidence in myself.

"A lot of people said I was too young, I was 17, and that I had never boxed at senior level before.

"I was up against men in the qualifiers, but I always felt I could do it."