Kerry FC will aim to maintain cup momentum in league tie with UCD
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Kerry FC manager Colin Healy has challenged his players to take the confidence boost from last week's Sports Direct FAI Cup victory over Athlone Town and carry the momentum into Friday night's First Division clash against UCD at Mounthawk Park.
After four successive league defeats, the hosts bounced back to advance to the last sixteen of the cup with a 2-1 victory over the midlanders. Substitutes Joe Adams and Kennedy Amechi were on the mark in a thrilling comeback triumph.
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Ireland's Nicola Tuthill wins silver in the hammer at World University Games in Germany
The Irish athletics medal rush continues with Nicola Tuthill winning the silver medal in the hammer on the final day of action at the World University Games in Germany. The 21-year-old from Bandon in Cork displayed all her competitive spirit inside the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum, saving her best throws for the last three rounds, including a final effort of 69.98 metres. That was enough to earn Tuthill the silver medal behind Jie Zhao from China, who last summer won the Olympic bronze medal in Paris. Zhao was the only woman to exceed 70m, her best of 72.80m also coming with her last throw. Representing UCD, where she's studying teaching, Tuthill's silver medal comes four days after Kate O'Connor produced another groundbreaking display by winning gold in the heptathlon, a first multi-event medal for Ireland in the long history of the championships, and only the fifth gold medal for Ireland in the sport of athletics at this level. READ MORE Last Friday week, Tuthill also won the silver medal at the European Under-23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, throwing a best of 70.90m on that occasion. The gold medal in Bergen went to Aileen Kuhn from Germany, but she had to settle for fifth in Bochum, with her best of 67.02. Sara Sofia Killinen from Finland won bronze with a best of 67.80. Tuthill's silver medal in Bergen last weekend was among the five medals won by Ireland. Anika Thompson won gold in the 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000, Nick Griggs took silver in the 5,000m, and Eimear Maher also took bronze in the 1,500m. It makes for seven Irish athletics medals won in the last nine days alone. Earlier this season, Tuthill also won the under-23 hammer gold at the European Throwing cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, a first Irish title in that event, which has been running since 2001. Irish women's hammer record holder Eileen O'Keeffe also won silver at the World University Games back in 2007, with O'Keeffe's Irish record of 73.21m the obvious target for Tuthill over the coming years. Tuthill's lifetime best is 71.71m, which she threw last month in Finland to move second on the Irish all-time list. O'Connor improved her own Irish heptathlon record to 6,487 points at these World University Games, leaving her ranked fourth in the world this season, adding to her pentathlon bronze medal in the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, and then silver on the World Indoor stage in Nanjing, China Her next competition will be the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September. Tuthill has also qualified in the hammer. Both athletes will compete at next weekend's Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry, O'Connor focusing on the javelin this time as one of her favoured individual events.
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20 hours ago
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Another Irish medal at World University Games as ‘delighted' Nicola Tuthill takes silver in hammer
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. The final was dominated by China's Zhao Jie, who threw 72.80m to take gold, while Tuthill was over two metres clear of the bronze medallist, Sara Killinen of Finland (67.80m). 'I'm delighted, it's my first medal on a world stage and to come off silver last week and get another one here is pretty special,' said Tuthill, who had struggled early in the final, with two throws of 66 metres and a foul. 'It was a really stressful competition, to be honest. My first throws were some of the worst I had all year. Other than qualifying, my last five competitions have all been over 70 metres so it was bugging me a bit that I wasn't getting up there.' However, 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. Coupled with Kate O'Connor's heptathlon gold, it rounds out another strong championships for the Irish, with Tuthill the first field eventer to win a medal at the event since Eileen O'Keefe in 2007, who also won silver in the hammer. 'There's a lot of hours spent training and my coach Killian [Barry] was there, my parents are there, and there are so many people, like my sponsors at home, who helped me get here,' said Tuthill. 'It meant a lot to get it.' She will now turn her attention to September's World Championships in Tokyo and while Tuthill has not hit the automatic qualifying standard of 74.00m, she will secure a spot via her world ranking, currently sitting 22nd in the quota with 36 places available. Elsewhere, Laura Nicholson finished eighth in the women's 1500m final, clocking 4:22.32, while Ava O'Connor came home ninth in the 3000m steeplechase in 9:51.07. Oisín Lane finished 11th in the 20km race walk, clocking a personal best of 1:23.06.
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The Irish athletics medal rush continues with Nicola Tuthill winning the silver medal in the hammer on the final day of action at the World University Games in Germany. The 21-year-old from Bandon in Cork displayed all her competitive spirit inside the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum, saving her best throws for the last three rounds, including a final effort of 69.98 metres. That was enough to earn Tuthill the silver medal behind Jie Zhao from China, who last summer won the Olympic bronze medal in Paris. Zhao was the only woman to exceed 70m, her best of 72.80m also coming with her last throw. Representing UCD, where she's studying teaching, Tuthill's silver medal comes four days after Kate O'Connor produced another groundbreaking display by winning gold in the heptathlon, a first multi-event medal for Ireland in the long history of the championships, and only the fifth gold medal for Ireland in the sport of athletics at this level. READ MORE Last Friday week, Tuthill also won the silver medal at the European Under-23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, throwing a best of 70.90m on that occasion. The gold medal in Bergen went to Aileen Kuhn from Germany, but she had to settle for fifth in Bochum, with her best of 67.02. Sara Sofia Killinen from Finland won bronze with a best of 67.80. Tuthill's silver medal in Bergen last weekend was among the five medals won by Ireland. Anika Thompson won gold in the 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000, Nick Griggs took silver in the 5,000m, and Eimear Maher also took bronze in the 1,500m. It makes for seven Irish athletics medals won in the last nine days alone. Earlier this season, Tuthill also won the under-23 hammer gold at the European Throwing cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, a first Irish title in that event, which has been running since 2001. Irish women's hammer record holder Eileen O'Keeffe also won silver at the World University Games back in 2007, with O'Keeffe's Irish record of 73.21m the obvious target for Tuthill over the coming years. Tuthill's lifetime best is 71.71m, which she threw last month in Finland to move second on the Irish all-time list. O'Connor improved her own Irish heptathlon record to 6,487 points at these World University Games, leaving her ranked fourth in the world this season, adding to her pentathlon bronze medal in the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, and then silver on the World Indoor stage in Nanjing, China Her next competition will be the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September. Tuthill has also qualified in the hammer. Both athletes will compete at next weekend's Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry, O'Connor focusing on the javelin this time as one of her favoured individual events.
