Maeve Gallagher and Shay Donley both finished impressively in 8th place in their respective Road Races at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Gyor, Hungary today. These results place the two riders in the history books as the top finishes for Irish riders in a Road Race event at the EYOF.
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Caoimhe O’Brien was also involved in a crash in the closing stages of the race, with her bike faring worse off. The determination of the 15-year-old Lakeside Wheeler shone through, with her carrying the bike over the line to finish in 60th place.
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This brings to an end what has been Ireland’s most successful European Youth Olympic Festival to date, with Lara Gillespie winning Ireland’s first ever cycling medal, a silver in the 10km Time Trial on Tuesday. Today’s performances from Gallagher and Donley also rank high, as the top finishing positions for Ireland at this event.
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Girl’s Road Race
Gold Dina Scavone (BEL) 1.08.21 Silver Wilma Olausson (SWE) 1.08.21 Bronze Maria Bertelsen (DEN) 1.08.21 8th Maeve Gallagher (IRL) 1.08.21 18th Lara Gillespie (IRL) 1.08.21 60th Caoimhe O’Brien (IRL) 1.11.34
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Boy’s Road Race
Gold Andrea Piccolo (Italy) 1.37.02 Silver Vlas Shichkin (Russia) 1.37.02 Bronze Viacheslav Polozov (Russia) 1.37.02 8th Shay Donley (IRL) 1.37.54 43rd Cathir Doyle (IRL) 1.37.54 69th Mark Smith (IRL) 1.38.24
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