Each weekend we take a look back on the sporting highs from across Ireland and around the world through the medium of numbers.
33
The number of seconds it took for Barcelona to open the scoring against Chelsea in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final in Gothenburg last night. They were 3-0 up within 20 minutes and ran out comfortable 4-0 winners by the end of the night to claim their first title in a game that was one of the best we have seen all season.
478
Richard Bland had played 477 tournaments in professional golf with some success in terms of Top 10 finishes but no trophy, and no win. Until Saturday when in his 478th start he sunk a putt to win the Betfred British Masters. At 48 years of age, he is the oldest first-time winner in Tour history. We salute you, Richard.
659
Coronavirus was unheard of in August 2019 when Limerick Hurlers last lost a competitive match. Before yesterday. From the All Ireland Semi-Final defeat to Kilkenny at Croke Park to the Allianz Hurling League loss to Galway at Pearse Park was a stretch of 659 days. They were days we will long remember as a society but now they are, hopefully, coming to an end too.
137
Leicester City were founded 137 years ago and won their first-ever FA Cup Trophy on Saturday. Having 21,000 fans at Wembley gave it an atmosphere like there has not been in this longest of years and it was fitting that the celebrations should have been for a team that was experiencing victory and was from outside of the elite of the game.
15
He only played the first 50 minutes but in that time David Clifford scored three goals and six points in Kerry’s Allianz Football League win against Galway. The third goal was one of stunning skill and what a way to blast away the disappointment of last season’s Championship exit.
6
We write about it elsewhere this morning but it is worth noting here as well that Ireland has now qualified six boats to compete in Rowing at the Tokyo Olympic Games after the Women’s Lightweight Pairs and the Women’s Four secured their places at the Final Qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
22.96
At the age of 18, Rhasidat Adeleke has run the fastest time ever by an Irish woman over 200 metres. Competing at the Big 12 Conference Championships in Texas, she came second in both the 100 metres and 200 metres finals to give herself a big chance of competing at the Olympic Games this summer.
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