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Mon 06 Jun 2010Buttner takes our breath away
ATHLETICS IRISH SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHOOLING SESSIONFuture stars shine bright in Tullamore, writes
IAN O'RIORDANin Tullamore
NOTHING RESTORES the faith in athletics like a day at the Irish Schools' Championships in Tullamore - and no athlete was more impressive this year than Siofra Cleirigh Buttner. At age 14, Buttner has quickly made a name for herself as something of a schoolgirl phenomenon (she won the Irish junior cross country back in March, and was disqualified for being TOO young) but Saturday's performance was truly breathtaking - although in running a junior girls 1,500 metres record of 4:28.10 she hardly looked out of breath at all.
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