Dubliner won her second Olympic gold medal in Paris after defeating China’s Wenlu Yang
Ireland’s Kellie Harrington celebrates after being declared the winner in the women's 60kg final at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inphoon a never-to-be-forgotten night at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris made Harrington the first Irish boxer to win two gold Olympic medals.
Now, three years later, she has won gold again. After she was announced the winner at Roland Garros, an emotional Harrington described what the win meant to her: “To get to the Olympics is a mountain in itself, and then when you get there to set foot on to a podium is a massive, massive mountain ... To see your nation’s flag at the top of the podium, that’s just special, because there’s not many people in the world who get to do it and I know I’m doing it twice now.
“A lot of the time people don’t know when to finish, so I’m happy that I am making that decision to finish it this way, my way, and go out as a double Olympic champion.”. Back in Dublin the party was only getting under way, especially for thousands of her diehard fans in Dublin’s north inner city, who had watched the final on the big screen in Diamond Park.
Lying on her hospital bed, Dunlevy, who’s based in Crawley in the UK, put any thoughts that she wouldn’t be able to participate in Paris out of her head. She then flew back to Dublin, had an operation, and six days later was back on her bike, albeit using just one arm. “We have so many amazing memories. My first medal was with Eve in 2014 and my first Paralympic medal was with her in 2016 ... we had our challenging times, cycling is such a tough sport and tandem racing adds more challenges. But it’s an amazing sport – having a Paralympic athlete, a disabled athlete, racing and training with able-bodied athlete is something really special. It was a great end to our partnership and to the time we’ve had together.
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