Kellie Harrington two-time Olympic champion is in a league of her own

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington was crowned Olympic champion after beating Wenlu Yang at Roland Garros in the women’s 60kg final.

Following a cagey start, Yang began to land more punches and looked to be in control, but Harrington regained her composure and landed a flurry of body shots before the bell went to take the first round comfortably, leading 4-1 on the judges scorecard.

The Chinese fighter burst out of the blocks in the second round with a strong punch to the nose, but Harrington continued to cause damage with some heavy body shots.

Three judges have her 20-18 up going into the last round.

A comfortable final round saw the Irishwoman land some quick jabs to wrap up her country’s fourth gold medal of the Games.

At the start of this Olympic campaign the Dubliner was third seed in the women’s 60kg, getting her campaign under way on July 29th against Italy’s Alessia Mesiano, securing a 5-0 victory.

Awaiting Harrington in the quarter-final was Colombian Angie Valdes, and it was another comprehensive win for the reigning Olympic champion, ending 4-1.

Speaking of Tokyo, the semi-final bout reunited Harrington with her final opponent from the last Games, Brazil’s Beatriz Ferreira.

Harrington defeated Ferreira on a split decision to take the title in Tokyo, and recreated the result on Saturday to best her once again, this time earning the silver medal for her efforts.

The win tonight sees Kellie become the first Irish women to win medals at successive Olympic Games.

She now retires from her sport as Ireland's greatest ever boxer.