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Kellie Harrington donates Olympic boxing vest and glove to raise funds for Ukraine

Dublin boxing champ Kellie Harrington has donated her Olympic vest to raise funds for victims of the war in Ukraine.

The Dubliner has also gifted one of the gloves she wore when she won the Strandja Cup tournament in Bulgaria last month to the charity United4Ukraine.

Both items will be auctioned on eBay and the bidding is scheduled to last for seven days.

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United4Ukraine was set up by Ukrainian born boxing coach Igor Khmil, who has lived in Ireland for the last 20 years and founded Smithfield Boxing club in Dublin city centre in 2008.

At the time of writing, €405 is the top bid for Kellie Harrington's Tokyo Olympic but the rare mementos are expected to fetch a lot of money.

Kellie Harrington signs her glove (Smithfield Boxing Club Twitter)
Kellie Harrington's signed vest and glove to raise funds for Ukraine (Smithfield Boxing Club Twitter)

Kellie delighted the nation last year when she won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the Tokyo Olympics

Together with Paralympic swimming gold medallist Ellen Keane she was the Grand Marshall of the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin on Thursday and later delighted the nation with her rendition of ‘Grace’ on a special Late Late Show.

Speaking on the Late Late show, Kellie said she was heading back to work in St Vincent's Hospital this weekend after taking some time off.

The 32-year-old competed in Bulgaria last month and won a gold medal in the lightweight division of the International Strandja tournament.

She said: "I'm still in there - I've had a bit of time off as I was getting ready to go to Bulgaria. But I'm back in there [St Vincent's Hospital] on Saturday and Sunday."

Read more:Kellie Harrington says she had a mini-crisis before St Patrick's Day parade

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