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21st Jul 2017

WATCH: Absolute Scenes As Irish Athlete Wins GOLD At European Under-20s

James Fenton

Remember the name. 

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. 

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