Michael Conlan took to Twitter to boast of his medal haul, but it didn’t go exactly to plan. The winner of this year’s RTE Sports Person of the Year Award posed with a his medals around his neck.
In October, Conlan became the first ever Irishman to win a World Championship title, defeating Murodjon Akhmadaliev in the 56kg bantamweight final. The boxer posed with the gold medal along with his other two golds from the European and Commonwealth Games, his silver from the European Games in 2013 and the bronze he claimed from the 2012 Olympics in London.
Medal anyone? pic.twitter.com/qEyI8nmfrA
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) December 23, 2015
Women’s amateur boxing legend, Katie Taylor was quick to respond with what Conlan called the tweet of the year.
@mickconlan11 no thanks Mick, I have my own little haul here! #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/sj163w5NlZ
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) December 23, 2015
Olympic Bronze medalist Paddy Barnes even got in on the action posting a photo of his own medal.
@mickconlan11 hello pic.twitter.com/ClyxtPuRXl
— Paddy Barnes (@paddyb_ireland) December 23, 2015
It’s great to see a bit of banter going on between our world class athletes.
