Magnificent Veale walks away with gold in Lille

KATE VEALE (West Waterford) set a world best time of 21 mins 45.59 secs to win Ireland’s first ever gold medal in the 5k walk at the World Youths Athletics Championships in Lille yesterday.

Magnificent Veale walks away with gold in Lille
Sat, 09 Jul, 2011 - 01:00
ATHLETICS Brendan Mooney

The 17-year-old Dungarvan girl turned in what one leading coach described as the best race walking performance ever witnessed.

“This was a brilliant performance, no superlatives can do it justice,” insisted Ray Flynn, who is a leading race walking coach and Chair of High Performance with Athletics Ireland.

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CourtsPlace: Lille KATE VEALEPlace: West WaterfordPlace: LillePlace: UkrainePlace: ChinaPlace: MexicoPlace: CanadaPlace: CarlowPerson: VealePerson: Ray FlynnPerson: KatePerson: RussiansPerson: Alina GalchenkoPerson: Nadezhda LeontyevaPerson: Yanxue MaoPerson: Alejandra OrtegaPerson: ClementePerson: MaoPerson: LeontyevaPerson: GalchenkoPerson: Marcus LawlerPerson: Andre AzonwannaPerson: Patricia AmmondPerson: Evan LynchPerson: Ruairi FinneganPerson: Letterkenny ACPerson: Kate VealeEvent: World Youths Athletics ChampionshipsEvent: World Youth ChampionshipsOrganisation: Athletics Ireland
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