Irish Sarah Healy wins her second gold medal and breaks the 1500m record at the European Championships

• Irish Sarah Healy wins her second gold medal and breaks the 1500m record at the European Championships

  Independent.ie [19659004] Sarah Healy won her second gold medal in the Under-18 Championship in Hungary.

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Sarah Healy won her second gold medal at the U-18 European Championships in Hungary.

Having already won gold in the 3000m on Friday, the Dubliner propelled the home mark in record time of 4.18: 71.

It was a memorable championship for Ireland with three medals of gold and a silver.

Rhasidat Adeleke won the gold medal for Ireland on Saturday in the 200m final while she returned home in 23.53 before shedding tears of joy in scenes moving

. Sullivan, daughter of legend Sonia, won money in the 800m.

"Rhasidat and Sophie m stimulated and excited me," Healy said afterwards.

"Today was hard and was kind of a long day but I was relaxed and I was hanging out with everyone and that kept me in the spirit (the race). [19659004"It'ssuchagoodteameveryonehearsitverywellEveryoneisdoingsowellwiththemedalslastnightWhenIwentouttherewereIrishpeoplewhoencouragedmesothatwasgreat"

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