LAST UPDATE | 9 Jul 2018
TEAM IRELAND RETURNED home from the U18 European Athletics Championships this evening with four medals in tow.
There were emotional scenes at Dublin Airport after friends and family celebrated the success of the team at the championships in Hungary.
Dublin’s Rhasidat Adeleke won gold in the 200m, while Sonia O’Sullivan’s daughter Sophie claimed silver in the 800m and prodigious talent Sarah Healy won gold in both the 1500m and 3000m to bring Ireland’s medal count to four.
The Irish team arriving at Dublin airport
Sophie O'Sullivan with her silver medal
Rhasidat Adeleke with her gold medal
Sarah Healy with her two gold medals
Rhasidat Adeleke with shows her gold medal to friends from Tallaght A.C.
Rhasidat Adeleke with friends from Tallaght A.C.
Sarah Healy with friends
Sophie O'Sullivan, Sarah Healy and Rhasidat Adeleke
Sophie O'Sullivan, Sarah Healy and Rhasidat Adeleke
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Fair play to them
@Crpytoalchol: exactly and fair play to the 42 for covering athletics. hopefully we’ll see alot more great performances and more articles as the u20 world championships start tomorrow in Finland.
Young people of Ireland take note this could be you congratulations
Spectacular effort! Well done girls! They’re pushing the boxers for achievements. Tokyo will be too soon but the Olympics will be interesting in 6 years.
They read deal, unfortunately they will be tempted with scholarships from US universities and we’ll never see them again. Let’s hope let’s hope Dave mahedy new track can inspire them to go to university in Limerick
@Martin Sinnott: even if they go to usa university, that do not mean they will not run for Ireland, remember Ronnie Delaney Eamonn Coughlan etc went to university where they got the BEST coaching & were medal winners for Ireland
@James_665: yeah , I agree , that’s a ridiculous statement . What does worry me is Australia will offer O Sullivan’s nice package and the UK might offer the sprinters a relocation package .. but the ones who go to Villanova etc are the ones who have brought home the medals at senior level .
Very proud of our wonderful athletes. Great to see them all recognized as a team.
Athletics is in a great place right now, those athelets will go on to be world beaters, Congrats All ♧
really great result. well done girls and team. another under 18 European champ arrived in back yesterday. 16 years old Ronan Foley kilcullen won gold medal at under 18 European championship kayak marathon race. against incredible competition. well done to all our young competitors
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Fair play and congratulations
Great to see the amazing contribution funding from the government too
Well done Team Ireland..up ya team ya!!