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Gina Akpe-Moses won a rare athletics gold medal for Ireland as she romped to victory at the 100m final at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Italy.
The 18-year-old put in an outstanding performance to beat Germany’s Keshia Kwadwo and Ingvild Meinseth of Norway to second and third place.
You can see how much it meant to the young athlete at the end of the race which can be viewed below.
What a future she has.
GOLD FOR IRELAND!
Gina Akpe-Moses wins the 100m at the European U20 Championships in 11.71 from Germany’s Keshia Kwadwo. #Grosseto2017 pic.twitter.com/UbMdSA0njQ
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 21, 2017
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