Hollie Kilroe takes European youth Olympic final eighth place

Roscommon’s Hollie Kilroe took eighth place in the girl’s 400m final at the European youth Olympic festival.

Killore posted 57.54 seconds in a race that was won by Turkey’s Edanur Tulum in 54.41 seconds. It was a race were three athlete’s posted personal bests.

“There was a lot of excitement going into it” explained Kilroe, “it wasn’t the race I was expecting. But I got to a final, and not a lot of people can say that.”

Killore was also part of the Irish medley relay team which finished their heat in third place in 2:16.44, just missing out on a place in the final.