Highlights From Off The Ball

Irish running legend Eamonn Coghlan joined Eoin Sheahan in studio as the GOAL Mile returns in the build up to Christmas, raising awareness for those less fortunate! He reflects on the year that was for Irish athletics, looking back on the heartbreak and success of Ireland's Olympians. He also reveals that Kaarlo Maaninka, the man who finished ahead of him in the 1980 Olympics to claim a medal and subsequently admitted to blood doping, had actually thrown his medals into a Finnish lake out of shame of cheating in that years Olympics. Find your local Goal Mile at https://www.goalglobal.org/