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pentathlon
Kate O'Connor secures silver, winning Ireland’s first medal at World Indoors in 19 years
O’Connor had back-to-back PBs in the long jump to cement her medal prospects.
KATE O’CONNOR HAS secured a silver medal in the pentathlon at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.
O’Connor, who was in bronze medal position ahead of the 800m, earned the silver medal after taking third place in the final event of the pentathlon at the championships.
She was just three points behind the silver medal position going into the race, needing to beat America’s Taliyah Brooks by 0.3 seconds in order to win silver.
Earlier today, the European Indoor bronze medallist jumped back-to-back PBs in the long jump to put herself in medal contention.
This is Ireland’s first World Indoors medal since Derval O’Rourke’s 60 hurdles gold in 2006.
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