Kelly McGrory
Athletics
BIOGRAPHY
Kelly is a five-time Irish 400m hurdles champion who moved to eleventh on the Irish all-time 400m flat list in May with an impressive performance in Brussels. She was part of the Women’s 4x400m Relay team who sensationally made the final at the World Championships in Budapest last year. She ran a 400m hurdles PB of 57:10 at Europeans this year. Kelly has a sports science degree from DCU, is based in Limerick where she works for Irish Wheelchair Association Sport, and trains in the same sprints group as her partner Thomas Barr.
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9 March 2025; Sarah Healy of Ireland celebrates winning gold in the women's 3000m final on day four of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile A Golden Weekend for Team Ireland! A massive congratulations to our athletes on their incredible performances over the weekend! [...]
SONIA’S OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
New Documentary Film Celebrating Sonia O’Sullivan’s Legacy on International Women’s Day In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March, we proudly present ‘Sonia’s Olympic Odyssey’, a new documentary film honouring the inspiring career and legacy of Sonia O’Sullivan, who won an Olympic silver medal in the 5000m at Sydney 2000. The film follows O’Sullivan’s [...]
Nominations For RTE Sportsperson of the Year
Next Sunday evening, December 15th at 9:30 pm, the RTÉ Sport Awards 2024 will air live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player. Hosted by Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney, and Jacqui Hurley from Studio 4 in RTÉ, the event will celebrate Irish sporting excellence in front of an audience filled with the nation’s top athletes. [...]
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DAY 13 MORNING REPORT FROM TEAM IRELAND
Team Ireland’s women’s 4x400m relay team have made yet more history at these Paris Olympic Games by becoming the first women’s relay team ever to make an Olympic final, qualifying with a third place finish in their heat. Hurdler Sarah Lavin and 800m athlete Mark English both ran really well placing sixth in their respective semi-finals but missed out on the [...]