While there have been advances in terms of facilities, we are still desperately lacking in enough grassroots outlets for children interested in athletics
Ciara Mageean with her gold medal for the women’s 1500m at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inphoin Rome over the past week is without precedent. In the previous 25 iterations, across a span of 90 years, Ireland had never won four medals at a single championships before. A haul of two golds and two silvers surpasses the previous record haul of three medals in 1998.
Adeleke’s three medals mark the Tallaght woman out as a generational superstar. At just 21 years of age, she has boundless potential to fulfil over the coming decade. In addition to the medals, Irish athletes in Rome posted national records, personal bests, season bests and top-10s across a broad spectrum of events.
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