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Irish number one strikes gold in Turkey with sights set on history at Tokyo 2020

Niall McVeigh had a successful stint at the Turkish Para Badminton International.

IRISH PARA BADMINTON number one Niall McVeigh capped a successful few days at the Turkish International with a gold medal yesterday.

McVeigh, who has won World and European championships, was in glittering form at the fourth edition of the tournament, putting on some stellar displays against tough opposition.

In the final, the Newry native beat France’s Fabien Morat 21-13, 21-9 to keep his dream of qualifying for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo firmly on track.

Earlier in the week, McVeigh won his first group match 21-13, 21-13 against Alexander Mekhdiev from Russia, before progressing to see off Japan’s Yohei Hatakeyama and Peru’s Hector Jesus Salva Tungue respectively en route to the final.

Para Badminton makes its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, and if McVeigh continues in this manner, by picking up wins at circuit events like this, he’ll be part of history in Japan in two years time.

He’s in action again at the Forza Irish Para Badminton International at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena, Dublin from 20-24 June.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 9:35 PM

    Thought his wife hated living in the US. Then again maybe that’s the attraction…

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    Jul 13th 2022, 9:31 AM

    @Tom Walsh: Yeah thought that was the big reason for leaving DC the first time. Maybe he’s going by himself, surely we’re overdue stories of his latest ‘slipup’

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    Jul 12th 2022, 10:52 PM

    Would’ve though he was a shoe in for a decent Championship job after what he did at Derby.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 11:48 PM

    @James Butler: Neville was getting $1m at Cincinnati so Rooney is probably close. Take away the constant tabloid rubbish he’d deal with in the UK and it’s not a bad deal.

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