Kate O'Connor wins gold medal at Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland’s Kate O'Connor celebrates. ©INPHO From The 42Commonwealth Games The Newry native was representing Northern Ireland. KATE O’CONNOR HAS won a gold medal in the heptathlon event at the Commonwealth Games. The Newry native was the overnight leader after the opening four events on Tuesday and continued to sit at the top of the leaderboard after the long jump and the javelin portions of the competition today. O’Connor, who was representing Northern Ireland, then finished in first place in the 800m event this evening with a time of 2:10.44 to seal her triumph. It was a convincing victory for the 25-year-old as she finished on 6,569 points, ahead of England’s Jade O’Dowda (6,278 points), who took silver, and bronze medallist Tori West (6,104 points) of Australia. O’Connor had bee