Sporting history was made on Sunday as Sommer Lecky jumped her way to a silver medal at the World Under 20 Athletic Championships in Tampere, Finland.
The Castlederg girl hit a new High Jump personal best of 1.90 metres to secure a medal and break the Irish record.
She has also qualified for the European Championships in Germany. It was also a first medal and final appearance by a Finn Valley athlete at a major championships.
Sommer told Rajay Murodck she’s overjoyed…
Sommer was part of an historic few days as Ireland doubled its all-time medals haul at the World U20 Championships.
Silver medals were also won by the women’s 4-by-100 metres relay.
Finn Valley’s Neil Martin is manager with Team Ireland in Finland, on Sunday Sport he told Myles Gallagher it was a fantastic performance by Sommer…
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