Nicola Tuthill strikes gold at European Throwing Cup

The Bandon native made history in Nicosia on Sunday morning. 

BREAKTHROUGH:  Ireland’s Nicola Tuthill has clinched gold at the European Throwing Cup. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Nicola Tuthill has won Ireland its first ever gold medal at the European Throwing Cup, the 21-year-old Bandon native unleashing a 69.74m effort to take victory in the women’s U23 hammer in Nicosia, Cyprus, this morning.

Tuthill, who made the European final and competed at the Paris Olympics last summer, won silver in the same event in 2023 and 2024 but seized command of the competition with her opening effort of 67.86m, which she improved to 69.70m in round two. That left her clear of Sweden’s Thea Lofman (69.06m) and Germany’s Aileen Kuhn (67.25m). Her winning mark was just shy of her Irish U23 record of 70.32m from last May.