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O'Connor secures gold at World University Games

O'Connor secures gold at World University Games

BBC News24-07-2025
Kate O'Connor has won a gold medal in the women's heptathlon at the World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr in Germany.The Ireland athlete built up a total of 6487 points to break her own national record of 6297 which she set in 2021.The 24-year-old's new benchmark left her fourth in the world this year as she finished with a comfortable lead over Hungarian silver medallist Szabina Szucs (6081) and Australia's Emilia Surch, who clinched bronze at the University Games.The success continues an impressive year for the Dundalk-based athlete who collected bronze at the European Indoors at the Netherlands in March, then picked up a World Indoor silver in China.Newry-born O'Connor recorded a personal best time of 24.33 in the 200 metres on Wednesday to help take a healthy advantage into the final day of action on Thursday.The 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist followed that up with a mark of 6.15m in the long jump, a throw of 51.97 in the javelin and finally a PB of 2:10.46 as she finished second in the concluding event, the 800m.
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