Erin Friel won a 400m bronze medal on Tuesday morning at the European Youth Olympics in Macedonia.
The Newtwowncunningham native ran a super personal best in 54.02 seconds to take third at the Tose Proeski Arena.
Friel, who runs out of Letterkenny AC pushed in the final 100 to secure a brilliant medal, a first for the county at the games in ten years.
Highland’s Oisin Kelly caught up with Erin and Athletics Ireland coach Dermot McGranaghan after the medal presentation:
Erin’s coach Kathryn McDevitt was delighted the hard work paid off:
