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Upcoming Athletics Events

Event Location Date Athletes How to follow World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 01.03.2024-03.03.2024 Sarah Lavin (60m Hurdles), Sarah Healy (1500m), Israel Olatunde (60m), Sharlene Mawdsley (400m), Women’s 4x400m Relay Virgin Media TV, Releases from AI after every session, video interviews on social European Throwing Cup Leira, Portugal 09.03.2024-10.03.2024 Likely to feature Eric Favors (Shot Put) […]

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100 YEARS OF TEAM IRELAND – OLYMPIAN RECOGNITION PROGRAMME UNVEILED

Celebrating 100 Years of Team Ireland, Olympian Recognition Programme Unveiled Schools, Clubs, and Communities invited to celebrate their Olympians with a Team Ireland plaque As part of the Team Ireland celebrations to mark its centenary, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has launched an Olympian Recognition Programme which allows schools, universities, clubs, and communities to celebrate

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CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS FOR TEAM IRELAND UNVEILED

One hundred years of Irish participation at the Olympic Games will be celebrated this year with a series of events highlighting the achievements and rich history of Team Ireland’s Olympic athletes. A century after the fledgling Irish State first took its place among the family of nations at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, the Olympic

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1000 days until first Olympic event in Africa – Youth Olympics Dakar 2026

1,000 days to go to the first Olympic event in Africa: the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 are coming  “We cannot wait for the moment to enjoy the first Olympic event on African soil, an event for Africa, with Africa, that will welcome the youth of the world in Senegal,” the IOC President, Thomas Bach,

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KELLIE HARRINGTON INSPIRES WITH DARE TO BELIEVE PROGRAMME SUPPORTED BY PTSB

Team Ireland Olympic Champion Kellie Harrington visited her old primary school and her boxing club to inspire the next generation of kids to reach for their dreams.   The Toyko 2020 Olympic Games gold medal winner took a break from her intense training schedule for this summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games to tell the kids that “anything is possible if

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Irish first with Thomas Dooley competing in Dual Moguls

WINTER YOUTH OLYMPICS – FINAL DAY OF TEAM IRELAND ACTION Irish first as Thomas Dooley competes in Dual Moguls Representing Team Ireland in Dual Moguls, Thomas Dooley was the final athlete in action at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, finishing eighteenth overall in the Freestyle Skiing event.  This closed out the Irish participation

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Finlay Wilson – in conversation with Team Ireland’s young Alpine Skier

Sixteen-year-old Finlay Wilson had a brilliant Winter Youth Olympic Games, with personal best performances throughout the Alpine Skiing competition. We caught up with the France based skier, who has strong Cookstown links. Describe your Youth Olympic experience here in Gangwon. These Winter Youth Olympic Games here in Korea have been great, a really fun experience.

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