The 23-year-old is already targeting another medal in the 1500m later this week
It capped a remarkable few days for his home county after Armagh’s All-Ireland success last Sunday.
“This is going to sound really weird to say but I’ve dreamed of this moment so many times in my head, I’ve gone over it so many different ways about how it was going to happen,” he said. “My favourite event is the longer distance stuff. The 800m is obviously quite a new event in the Olympics.
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