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Podcast: The Southern Star Sport Podcast
Episode: Episode 143: Olympic bronze medal-winning history maker Emily Hegarty
Description: At the 2016 Olympics in Rio it was Gary and Paul O’Donovan who changed the game for Irish rowing, picking up the sports first ever Olympic medal.This time round in Tokyo, the game changers have been the Irish heavyweight four, who returned home with Ireland’s first ever women’s Olympic rowing medal.The old adage, that you can’t win an Olympic rowing medal without someone from Skibbereen in the boat, was once again proved true, with Aughadown’s Emily Hegarty representing West Cork in the history making crew.