O’Rourke: Internet chat spurred me on

Internet chatroom abuse was one of the driving forces behind Derval O’Rourke’s silver medal success in Gothenburg.

Internet chatroom abuse was one of the driving forces behind Derval O’Rourke’s silver medal success in Gothenburg.

The athlete revealed that she took exception to several comments about her on an athletic website chatroom that she read and she used it as a motivational tool at the European Championships.

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