Triathlon star Oliver Gunning revelling in stellar summer
Oliver Gunning is still revelling in a 'rollercoaster' summer that saw him compete at the Commonwealth Games before achieving a best ever career result. The Co Antrim ace, who races alongside guide Kyle Duncan, competed at an array of World and European series events this summer in addition to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Ad There were mixed emotions for the paratriathlete after his Commonwealth bow, who took significant joy from the atmosphere despite a crash on the bike leg hampering his race.
TriathlonMallorca: Why triathlete’s flock to the beautiful Balearic paradise15/10/2022 AT 07:05 «We didn't have the race we wanted to have unfortunately,» said Gunning, who benefits from financial support from Boost Drinks — a company born over 20 years ago with a vision of energising everybody in every way and is committed to supporting its local communities, whether this be fuelling them with its range of Sports, Energy, Iced Coffee, and Protein Drinks, or by getting more involved to help them achieve their goal. «It's been a rollercoaster, I'll tell you that. It's been an amazing summer.
I think there's four different countries I've been over the summer racing. »We didn't have the race we wanted to have unfortunately. We got out of the water in around fifth or sixth-place, so we were really happy coming out of the water, and then we sadly crashed on the second lap of the bike.
It was what it was, we still finished the race ninth out of ten. «There was a little bit of disappointment because I was there in peak condition for a major games but I was 17 years old at the Commonwealth Games, I couldn't complain at all about how it went. »It was really nice as well that it was close by, so a lot of my family and friends got
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