ROB HEFFERNAN MADE a nation proud this morning when he stormed to a World Championship Gold Medal for the 50km Walk in Moscow.
The Cork athlete claimed Ireland’s first medal of the 2013 games with a walk that was just outside a national record but far too hot for the stellar field he was competing against.
Sporting stars such as Derval O’Rourke, Alan Quinlan, Olive Loughnane and Jamie Heaslip were among the thousands tweeting their message of congratulations and support to Heffernan.
Let’s start off with a tweet from the Gold Medallist and present some of the best messages on Twitter.
Rob Heffernan
Peter O'Mahony
Daniel Shearan
Alan Quinlan
Natalya Coyle
Derval O'Rourke
Jamie Heaslip
Sinead O'Carroll
Des Cahill
Colin Griffin
What were the best Heffernan Gold Medal tweets you spotted today?
