Irish Olympic athlete Derval O'Rourke has today announced her retirement from athletics. The sprint-hurdler has called an end to her career which most notably saw her take Gold for the 60 meter hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in 2006, and Silver in the 100 meter hurdles event at the European championships in 2006 and 2010. As usual, we took to twitter to gauge the reaction of Irish sports fans.
Best wishes to one of Ireland's best ever athletes Derval O'Rourke who is retiring. #punchedaboveherweight #nationaltreasure @DervalORourke
— Gary Kelly (@maxcouch) June 23, 2014
Good luck with retirement Derval O'Rourke you did yourself and Irish athletics proud
— Eoin Lynch (@EoinLynch86) June 23, 2014
Derval O’Rourke has announced her retirement from athletics. Great athlete, one of our finest.
— Jonathan Healy (@jonathanhealy) June 23, 2014
Derval O'Rourke retires. A pure 'Cork' sports star, pushed herself to the limit on the big occasions, charismatic yet straight talking.
— Éamonn Murphy (@EamonnMurphy19) June 23, 2014
Derval o rourke thanks for the memories. Enjoy retirement
— John McHale (@JohnMchale4) June 23, 2014
Derval O'Rourke has retired. What a career. Truly great athlete, and brilliant to deal with for years. Thanks for everything @DervalORourke
— Will Downing (@WillDowningComm) June 23, 2014
Derval O'Rourke has retired? I admired how she always pulled out her best performance at the major champs. Wishing her the best post-track!
— Steven Mills (@Trackside2014) June 23, 2014
If you could bottle Derval O'Rourke's competitive spirit and pass it around we'd win every World Cup, Grand Slam, Eurovision, Crufts etc etc
— Tommy Martin (@TommyMartinTV3) June 23, 2014
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