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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Br Colm O'Connell recieves World Athletics Coaching Achievement Award



As many of you may know, Brother Colm O'Connell is a coach in Iten, Kenya and coached David Rudisha to a world record and an Olympic Gold medal in the 800m at the 2012 London Olympics.

At a ceremony in Monaco last weekend, the 71-year old Mallow man was awarded the World Athletics Coaching Achievement Award.

Full story in the Irish Times

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Highly recommend "Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth by Adharanand Finn". Includes discussion on Br. O'Connell and his Iten athletes.