Olympic gold medal winner Kellie Harrington has visited Jack Woolley days after the taekwondo ace was attacked in Dublin.
Woolley became Ireland's first representative in taekwondo but days after returning from Tokyo, Woolley was the victim of a sickening attack in Dublin City Centre.
Woolley shared a number of snaps as he was left covered in blood after the attack.
And Olympic champion Kellie Harrington took time out from her hectic week of celebrations to visit her fellow Olympian.
Woolley shared a snap of the two together and said that he hopes to show Harrington some taekwondo in the future.
He said: "Thanks so much to Ireland’s Olympic Champion @kelly_harrington14 and @brick_films_dublin for dropping in to see how I am getting on after last weekends accident! The support has been incredible and I’m so grateful to call these guys friends.
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"Hopefully when the dust settles over the next few months, I can have Kelly down to the gym and we can show each other the ropes of our Olympic sports"
Woolley was taken to St James' Hospital after the attack and gave an account of what happened.
"Last night (Friday 13th August) I went for a meal with my friend. Followed by a bar for a couple of drinks. Heading back along the River Liffey a gang of roughy 8-12 men and women in their 20s began violently attacking people along the boardwalk.
"Unfortunately I was victim to these random attacks as I was just walking bye I was punched in the face by one of these group members. Only one punch and followed by “my mistake wrong person” then they continued to run off down the road attacking more civilians minding their own business.
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"Luckily I was able to phone an ambulance and stay conscious. My friends helped me through out all of this and I’m glad to say they both are well and safe. I am lucky this is all that happened as there were a handful of us hospitalised and two men stabbed. I’m currently waiting in James’s hospital for mouth surgery.
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"Thank you all again for the support and kind messages. I hope for a speedy recovery. It’s been a tough couple of months."
