Ireland has won its first world medal in cheerleading and earned its highest senior team placement to date.
A team of 18 athletes, aged 12-14, from counties Galway and Kerry, secured a bronze medal in the youth coed median division of the 2025 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida.
It is the first time an Irish national cheer team has medaled at the ICU World Championships.
Another team, made up of 17 athletes from Galway, Killarney, Enniskillen and Belfast, finished in the seventh place, the highest ever placement for an Irish senior cheerleading team at the event.
It marks a major breakthrough for cheerleading in Ireland and highlights the continued growth of the athletes on the global stage.
Over 70 nations and thousands of athletes take part in the ICU World Cheerleading Championships each year.
President of Cheer Sport Ireland, Fiona Collumb, said they are "beyond proud" of the Youth Coed Team securing third place.
"After 14 years of attending, this is a truly remarkable accomplishment," she said.
