The Corkman won his seventh World Rowing Championship medal yesterday. Paul O’Donovan is now being discussed as Ireland’s greatest sportsperson ever after winning a seventh World Championship medal just two weeks after winning gold at the Paris Olympics. The 30-year-old, who graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Medicine last year, was hoisted […]
1 year ago
What a day it’s been for Lisa O’Rourke, Amy Broadhurst, for women’s boxing, and for Ireland. Before yesterday evening, Ireland boasted three previous Amateur World Champions; Katie Taylor, Michael Conlan, and Kellie Harrington. Not exactly a bad list, but in the space of roughly 30 minutes yesterday, in Istanbul, two more names were added to […]
3 years ago
“It will be something for kids to take themselves down a different pathway.” Kellie Harrington is so much more than just a successful athlete, although it’s worth mentioning that with an Olympic gold medal in her already packed trophy cabinet, she is one seriously successful athlete. Outside of that, Harrington’s ambitions are reflective of her […]
4 years ago
Without her random act of kindness, he might not have made it to the race in time Hansle Parchment, the Jamaican gold medallist who won this year’s 110m hurdles at Tokyo 2020, has tracked down the volunteer who gave him the taxi money to make it to the Olympic Stadium in time for his race. […]
4 years ago
“Super, super, super, super.” Kenneth Egan knows all about what it takes to be successful at the Olympics, having won silver back in 2008. Dublin’s Kellie Harrington went one better however, by beating Beatriz Ferreira in the Olympic final, in the early hours of this morning, and picking up gold. Egan was part of the […]
4 years ago
Winning a gold medal is arguably one of the biggest accomplishments an athlete can acquire. However, besides immense bragging rights, the medal itself isn’t actually worth a lot. Twitter user @caucasianjames tweeted that the medal was only worth $820 (£588) and the world is both shocked and a little confused. an olympic gold medal wouldn’t […]
4 years ago