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In 1928, Ireland, as an independent nation, had won its first Olympic gold medal at Amsterdam with Dr Pat O ' Callaghan's unexpected victory in the hammer event.

At the time he was barely out of the novice class and he had been included in the Irish Team mainly to gain experience of top-class competition.

Over the years, he was to develop into one of the world's greatest hammer-throwers and he demonstrated this by winning his second Olympic gold medal at Los Angeles in 1932.