James wins Bronze in Oz

Kilcullen's kidney transplant athlete James Nolan has won a Bronze Medal in the 17th World Transplant Games, currently under way on Australia's Gold Coast.



James competed in the 400 metres today, the first day of the track & field events.

The 19-strong Irish team, ranging in age from 22-64, have travelled Down Under with 13 new kidneys, five new livers and one new kidney-pancreas.

“Every day, the athletes remember their donors, and each performance, let alone victory, is a way of saying thank you to the donors who gave them the gift of life,” said team manager Colin White.

Over 2,000 athletes from 50 countries are taking part in the Games.

Next year, Ireland will host the European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Dublin from August 8th-15th. Athletes taking part will have received a transplant of one, or a combination, of kidney, liver, heart, pancreas, lungs, bone marrow.