‘I hope my sister is proud of me, watching from above’ – Sanita Puspure
Sanita Puspure dedicated her world championship rowing victory to her late sister, Inese. Sanita Puspure powered to another gold medal in the Women’s Single Sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Austria, this afternoon. New Zealand’s Emma Twigg started the final, in Ottensheim, like a rocket but Puspure stayed close behind a powered past both her and […]
7 years ago
Sanita Puspure takes inspiration from O’Donovan brothers following gold medal win
Sanita Puspure has revealed that she took some inspiration from brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan following her women’s single sculls final win at the World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday. The Latvian born Puspure won by a clear stretch in choppy conditions in Plovdiv to add to Ireland’s gold medal tally after the O’Donovan’s claimed […]
8 years ago
Shane Ross makes another howler after Ireland’s latest world championship gold medal
Two huge rickets in seven months. The day after Ireland won the Six Nations Grand Slam, Sports Minister Shane Ross TD met the returning heroes outside The Shelbourne Hotel. Once inside, he grabbed Rob Kearney and Johnny Sexton for a picture and tweeted: ‘Congratulations and welcome home this evening to superstars Johnny Sexton and Dave Kearney’ […]
8 years ago
