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Cycling Ireland Announce Track Team For 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

Cycling Ireland have announced the Irish track teams that will compete at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and Scotland. The special multi-discipline World Championships will be held from August 3rd to 13th across a number of venues around Scotland and will see 13 World Championships contested. With less than a week to […]

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European Youth Olympic Festival: Thursday Results

Personal best performances and top-class racing were the order of the day for Team Ireland across athletics, swimming and cycling at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor today. Both Permanent TSB Flagbearers for the Games made their debut at today’s event with Aliyah Rafferty finishing 13th in the Cycling Road Race, and Cian Crampton

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European Youth Olympic Festival: Wednesday Results

Gritty performance across the board marked a day of mixed fortunes for Team Ireland at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor today. In athletics, there was disappointment for Sean Cronin when he was disqualified in the Boy’s 1500m, while Enya Silkena stamped her mark in the Girl’s Heptathlon, with personal best performances on

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Permanent TSB Team Ireland Flagbearers Revealed for European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)

Permanent TSB Team Ireland Flagbearers Revealed for European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) The Olympic Federation of Ireland has today announced the Permanent TSB Team Ireland Flagbearers as Aliyah Rafferty (Cycling) and Cian Crampton (Athletics) for the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor. The biggest multi-sport event for young athletes between the ages of 14

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BMX and Mountain Biking Represented at European Games

Two Team Ireland cyclists will be in action in Krakow next month for the European Games, with Ryan Henderson competing in BMX and Chris Dawson competing in Cross-Country Mountain Biking (MTB XCO). Both competitions double up as the European Championships and will have Olympic qualification places available. The multi-sport European Games is run by the

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Cycling Ireland Wind Tunnel Testing – OFI Make a Difference

“We had a rider in the wind tunnel recently who was able to reduce their drag by over 5%. That’s a huge margin, it’s worth about 15 watts of sustained power,” says Cycling Ireland’s High Performance Director Iain Dyer.  With funding received from the Olympic Federation of Ireland, the benefits of working with aerodynamicist Michael

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RECIPIENTS OF OFI MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND

ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED WITH €115,000 DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 16 SPORTS Following an overwhelming response in applications to the Make a Difference athlete fund that was announced by the OFI Athletes’ Commission earlier this year, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has channelled an additional €50,000 directly to athletes. Athletes across sixteen sports were awarded a total amount

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Francine Meehan, Women In Coaching – High Performance Pathway (WISH)

Why did you start coaching, what was your avenue into your coaching journey, did someone encourage you in the early days? At the age of Ten, two events affected my life forever. In 1988 my sporting journey began. I watched in wonder the Seoul Olympics, particularly the Steeplechase. And the Rás Tailteann (RAS – International

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Olympic Focus on High-Performance Coaches

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, and Gender Equality Month, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has today announced a series of profiles of some of Ireland’s high-performance female coaches, who have been blazing a trail in Irish Olympic sport. The series kicks off today with interviews with two well-known names in Irish sport, Lisa Jacob

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