A Kell' of a triumph for Conor

DONEGAL teenager Conor Kelly has joined an elite group of Irish athletes by producing an historic European first.

- BY MICHAEL SCULLY

Kelly, 18 last month, dominated the European Under-20 Athletics Championships 400m final in Tampere on Saturday, underling his top-ranked status to power away from his rivals.

In doing so he became the ninth Irish winner in these championships, going back to John Treacy half a century ago, with the gold-plated list also including Ciara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin, Kate O'Connor and Mark Carroll.