Olympic gold medal winner Kellie Harrington: 'This time I really, really feel the whole country is behind me'

The 31-year-old from Portland Row, North Strand, Dublin becomes the third Irish fighter after Michael Carruth and Katie Taylor to secure Olympic gold.
Olympic gold medal winner Kellie Harrington: 'This time I really, really feel the whole country is behind me'

Kellie Harrington of Ireland celebrates with her gold medal after defeating Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil

Different class in the ring, oozing class outside of it.

Kellie Harrington, the new Olympic champion, was thinking of her fellow competitors in the minutes after the greatest success of her boxing career in Tokyo.

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