Letters to the Editor: O’Callaghan a role model for athletes in Olympics
Dr Pat O'Callaghan, maybe Ireland's greatest Olympian.
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SUBSCRIBEI am delighted to see the great successes for Ireland to date in the rowing and boxing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
It is unfortunate, however, that the Irish athletics team has not one field event athlete, when Ireland is famed for its great jumpers and throwers.
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