Kerryman David Kenny takes silver medal at European U-23 Championships

David Kenny. File photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

For race walker David Kenny, this was a day his coach, Rob Heffernan, had long believed would come. 

In Tallinn, Estonia, the 22-year-old from Farranfore won Ireland its first-ever race walk medal at the European U-23 Championships, clocking 1:25.50 behind Spain’s Jose Manuel Perez (1:25.06).