Silver for Nicola Tuthill at World University Games

Tuthill improved her best mark in each of the three rounds that followed, throwing 67.80m, 68.46 and finishing with 69.98m. Her Irish U-23 record is the 71.71m she threw in Finland last month.

SILVER: Nicola Tuthill has won a silver medal for Ireland at the World University Games in Bochum, Germany, the Cork thrower finishing runner-up in the women’s hammer on Sunday afternoon with a best of 69.98m. Pic: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Nicola Tuthill has won a silver medal for Ireland at the World University Games in Bochum, Germany, the Cork thrower finishing runner-up in the women’s hammer on Sunday afternoon with a best of 69.98m.

It’s the second major medal in 10 days for the 21-year-old UCD student, who also won silver at the European U-23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.