Nicola Tuthill produces career second best throw to take victory at Cork City Sports

Elsewhere in the field events, Reece Ademola underlined his outstanding talent with a huge leap of 7.82m in the long jump

HAMMER TIME: Nicola Tuthill after winning gold. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile.

Nicola Tuthill produced the second biggest throw of her career to take victory at the 71st edition of the Cork City Sports on Wednesday night, the Bandon thrower launching a 70.65m effort.

That was behind only her Irish U-23 record of 71.71m, which the UCD student threw in Finland last month, and it tees her up perfectly for next week’s European U-23 Championships in Norway, with the World University Games to follow the week after.