Irelands 14-Year-Old Olympic Gold Medallist
Updated : Feb 17, 2009
Dublin lad Ben Purcell has grabbed a Olympic gold medal for skiing in the Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Boise Idaho in the US. The Dalkey born Irish hero was crowned with the glory on Saturday.
Almost 2500 athletes from over 100 countries across the globe took part in the games making it the largest multi-day winter games sporting event ever to be held in the North Midwest State of America, The eight Irish athletes that took part in the games flew back into Dublin Airport last night.
VeryHappyPig say a big well done to all who represented us in the Games.
