03-08-2025
Michael Breen pokes fun at Sharlene Mawdsley as he jokes National Championship medal ‘actually belongs to Buggy'
MICHAEL BREEN joked Sharlene Mawdsley's National Track & Field Championships medal "actually belongs to Buggy" after her viral moment following the All-Ireland final.
The 26-year-old became social media famous when a video emerged of her
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Sharlene Mawdsley won the senior women's 200m during day one of the 153rd National Track & Field Senior Championships
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Sharlene Mawdsley of Newport AC, Tipperary, shows her medal to her partner, Tipperary hurler Michael Breen
Credit: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Breen, who
Alongside a photo of the couple after the race with the defender holding her medal, he joked: "Excuse me, this actually belongs to Buggy"
She shared a photo from the Templemore Athletics Track with the caption: "Swapping the streets of Thurles for the track today" alongside three laughing faces.
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Mawdsley outlasted fellow Irish Olympian Sarah Lavin to claim a gritty 200m national medal on Saturday at the Morton Stadium.
The sprinter powered to victory at Morton Stadium in windy conditions as she clocked at time of 23.55 seconds'
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'I knew today was going to be a really hard task and to come out on top, I'm absolutely thrilled.
'Sarah was ahead of me, and I was just saying to myself, stay calm, stay strong, and dig deep, and thankfully I ended up winning the title.
'It was a pity about the wind, but it was close to a PB and that'll give me great confidence heading into my last race before worlds on the 16th of this month.'
That final warm-up race will be in the 400m in Berne, Switzerland.
But Mawdsley will first return to London to train with her coach after withdrawing from the 400m heats in Dublin.
She added: 'My summer so far, look, it has been mixed, I missed a good block of training and that's hard to come back from - but the support I've had got me through that race today.'
While her place in the 400m relay squad for the World Championships is secure, the 26-year-old isn't sure whether she'll take on the individual event too.
She concluded: 'I haven't actually decided; I know I won't say no to the relays.
"I'm always the first one in, but we'll see about the individual. It has been a tough year.
"We'll see closer to the time.'
