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flag Irish Olympic gold medalist Ronnie Delany, who won 1,500m in 1956, has died at 91.

flag Irish Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delany, who won the 1,500 meters at the 1956 Melbourne Games at age 21 with an Olympic record of 3:41.2, has died at 91. flag His victory, marked by a dramatic final-lap surge, remains Ireland’s only Olympic track and field gold to date. flag A Villanova University standout, Delany also earned a bronze at the 1958 European Championships and later served as president of the Irish Olympians Association. flag He was honored with Delany Park in his hometown of Arklow and remembered as a lifelong advocate for Irish sport and the Olympic movement.

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