KILKENNY’S MARY FITZGERALD has won a bronze medal in the shot put for Ireland at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz.
Fitzgerald produced her best performance to date to secure third place, recording a throw of 7.02m in her first attempt and maintaining a steady display over her first five throws.
She fired an excellent effort of 7.35m in her final throw to clinch the bronze medal in a competitive field which included European and Championship record holder Renata Sliwinska and Dutch competitor Lara Baars.
Sliwinska took the gold medal with a throw of 8.75m while Baars took second with a throw of 7.85m.
“I was happy with the distance, I would have liked to have thrown a little further but really happy all the same,” Fitzgerald told Paralympics Ireland after her performance as she now turns her focus to the Paralympic Games.
“Lots of stuff to work on but I think that puts me in a good position going to Tokyo, I know what needs to be worked on and now I’m looking forward to the next block of training going on to Tokyo.”
🚨🚨🚨Medal Alert🚨🚨🚨@_MaryFitzG wins bronze for Ireland. Fantastic debut European performance from the Kilkenny Shot Putter. She threw 7:35m with her third throw to comfortably claim the 🥉.
— Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) June 2, 2021
Well done Mary #TeamIreland #TheNextLevel #Bydgoszcz2021 pic.twitter.com/GfRir7VfTq
Jordan Lee is in action for Ireland in the T47 High Jump at the World Para Athletics European Championships tomorrow.
Elsewhere in Para Sports, there will be Irish interest in the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Championships in Poznan whilst Colin Judge will also hope to produce a big performance at the Paralympic World Qualification table tennis Tournament in Slovenia where the Dubliner knows that a tournament win will secure a slot at the Paralympic Games.
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FFP. Unfortunately the boat was never going to float.
Money is king. From the bottom to the top.
As far as I’m aware financial revenue is the big thing and while Milan haven’t been bringing in a huge amount in terms of ticket sales, commercial revenue has still been quite high while they’ve been in the footballing wilderness.
Shit-show is such an underused way to describe something. Brilliant
they are only not facing ffp because they are not in Europe this season, will be screwed next year unless the new owner finds investors who will pour serious money in , borrowed money all around to buy the club and players, and are pretty much in a vulture fund with elliot management group who will take over if loans are not paid back next year. Apparently they are waiting on bonds to come through to even pay for some of their signings so they can’t play competitive matches until mid/end of August
Financial FairPlay is the biggest pile of shite. UEFA are useless. Good at fining clubs for minor indiscretions but when it comes to proper governing and safe guarding of the game they are inept.