16 year old Ruari Finnegan from St. Eunan’s Letterkenny confirmed his reputation as one of the hottest prospects in Irish athletics by effectively ‘destroying’ a high class field at today’s European Youth Olympics in Trabzon, Turkey and taking gold for Ireland in the boys 1,500 metres. Leading from the start, he showed great power […]
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The President of European Olympic Committee (EOC) Patrick Hickey, who called on the youth, “Go outside. Do sports, make sports a part of your lives.”, and stated that the 11th European Youth Olympic Festival is one of the best organised. Hickey, who evaluated the Trabzon News, published for the Festival hosted by Trabzon, expressed, “EYOF
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Ruairi Finnegan has just won Gold in the final of the boys 1500m this afternoon in Trabzon. Ruairi’s winning time 3:53.78 . Afterwards Finnegan said that he was deighted to win Gold ” its fantastic, the heat didnt affect my performance, i felt in control throughout the race” RANK BIB NAME & SURNAME NOC BORN RESULTS
Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (centre) won Ireland’s first medal at the EYOF this afternoon in the final of the girls 1500m. In a close race there were only two athletes who were in contention for the gold medal , Buttner and Riches of GB, and Riches just held on to win. A fantastic performance from Buttner ,
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Follow live coverage of todays Gymnastics by clicking here Irish competitors India McPeak and Sarah Strawbridge are progressing well , unfortunately Adam Dalton picked up an injury and is out of competition. Follow there progress by clicking the following results link Name: India McPeak Sport/Event: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics What are youre goals/aspirations coming
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EYOF cycling features the time trial and the criterium.
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Greg O'Shea followed up on a superb semi final by finishing 6th in the boys 100m final
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Karl Griffen, Amy ODonoghue, and Sean Toibin were in action this afternoon in Trabzon.
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Sarah Lavin qualified for the girls 110 m hurdles final.
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The schedule below highlights expected Irish athlete involvement in the EYOF events. TV coverage of the Trabzon 2011 sports programme can be viewed when on air by clicking here Monday 25th July 9-12 Swimming 100m Freestyle (Boys) Brian O’Sullivan 100m Butterfly (Girls) Clodagh Flood 200m Backstroke (Boys) Luke Fitzgibbon 200m Medley (Boys) Sean O’Brien
