Waterford athlete Ellis McHugh has won her heat at the European Youth Olympics Festival semi-final in Skopje, North Macedonia this morning.

The Ferrybank athlete came home first in the girls’ 400-metre hurdles in a time of 59.99 seconds.

She will compete in the final on Friday morning.

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