'Devastating day' for Irish athletics

The coach of injured Irish walker Jamie Costin, Pierce O’Callaghan, has described today as a “devastating day” for Irish athletics.

'Devastating day' for Irish athletics
Tue, 17 Aug, 2004 - 15:03

The coach of injured Irish walker Jamie Costin, Pierce O’Callaghan, has described today as a “devastating day” for Irish athletics.

West Waterford walker Costin was travelling in a car that careered head-on into a lorry near his training camp at Porto Heli, 400 miles from Athens.

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