Sharlene Mawdsley's GAA star boyfriend shares first snap since going ‘Instagram official'
Olympian Sharlene Mawdsley's GAA star boyfriend has shared a snap of her to his Instagram stories for the first time.
Tipperary hurler Mikey Breen posted a picture of his beau dressed casually in a cap, trainers, shorts and a hoody as she walked his dog Lola.
'Lola's favourite is back (for one full day)' he captioned the picture.
Sharlene Mawdsley (Instagram: Mikey Breen)
It comes as the sprinter clocked a season best at the Women's 400m event at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Croatia on Saturday.
She ran the distance in 51.14, finishing second to Spain's Paula Sevilla.
Mawdsley has kept her love life secret under wraps her debut at the Paris Olympics last year.
But last weekend she revealed that she was dating the Tipperary sports star.
Taking to social media, the 26-year-old shared a snap of herself and her boyfriend wearing matching GAA jerseys as she supported the full back following their home win over Waterford on Saturday.
Sharlene Mawdsley and Mikey Breen (Photo: Instagram)
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'Tippin' on,' she captioned the post which shows the pair beaming down the camera at Semple Stadium.
Taking to the comments, fans expressed their delight at the pairing.
'Two of Tipp's finest athletes. Magic,' wrote one person.
'Hon Tipp,' added another.
A third shared: 'Premier class through and through, H'on Tipp.'
Singer and fellow Tipp woman Una Healy gave her seal of approval, simply commenting the heart eye emoji.
Mikey himself responded to the post with: 'Any tag, nah?', poking fun at his girlfriend for not tagging him in the picture.
Sharing the snap to his own social media, he commented: 'This fan was following me around all day.'
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