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TOKYO (Reuters) - Boxing world champion Kellie Ann Harrington said Ireland was punching above its weight at the Tokyo Games and hailed the performance of the country’s rowers after they won a first Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Flagbearer Harrington, who won her opening bout in the lightweight preliminaries on Friday, said the Irish team were out in force to celebrate Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy’s win in the lightweight men’s double sculls on Thursday.
“It was fantastic,” Harrington told reporters after her win by unanimous decision over Italy’s Rebecca Nicoli. “We were all outside giving them the guard of honour (at the Olympic village). It was absolutely brilliant.”
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