Sharlene Mawdsley to attend first hurling game at Croke Park to cheer on partner
The sprinter is dating Tipp star Michael Breen and went 'Instagram official' with their relationship in May.
The Olympian shared a photo of the couple on the pitch at Semple Stadium following Tipp's 1-30 to 1-21 Munster victory over Waterford. Sharing the photo on Instagram, Mawdsley wrote: "Tippin' on."
Mawdsley will be in the stands again for the Premier County's massive All-Ireland semi-final clash with Kilkenny. The winners will face Cork in the July 20 decider after the Rebels' impressive victory over Dublin.
She revealed in a Q&A on her Instagram story: "Looking forward to it!! I've never been to a hurling match in Croke Park."
The match comes a week after the 26-year-old ran a season's best time. She clocked finished third in the 400m in the European Team Athletics Championship in Maribor, Slovenia, clocking a time of 50.03.
It was Mawdsley's first race since the sudden death of her father Thomas last month.
She wrote on Instagram afterwards: "An emotional weekend but so grateful for those around me making it a little easier.
"I don't want to continue to touch on this subject publicly however, I do want to express my gratitude to those who have helped me these last number of weeks. To those who helped me get to the start line, my competitors for being so gracious and understanding, to my teammates and the staff this weekend for their help, they trusted me, when I wasn't sure I even trusted myself.
"I will never be able to express my thanks to all of the people who have been there these last number of weeks (I hope you know who you all are) but I will never forget it.
"Now we can look to the next race where I will start on home soil in Morton Games on July 11th"
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