Ireland took home four medals at the 2020 European Championships in Poznan Seven Irish crews were competing in the final day at the 2020 European Rowing Championships. Five crews were competing in the A Finals and two boats competed in the B Finals. Sanita Puspure won the Gold medal in the Women’s Single Sculls and […]
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Irish Cycling has a new World Champion, Oisin O’Callaghan. The 17-year old from Limerick claimed the UCI MTB Downhill Junior World Championships Title in Salzburg, Austria on Sunday morning. O’Callaghan blasted down the 2.3-kilometere course, dubbed the “Speedster” as speeds approaching 65 km / h on the rough terrain to finish in a time of
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The second day of the 2020 European Rowing Championships featured seven Irish crews racing in repechages and semi-finals, setting themselves up for a day full of finals tomorrow. The first crew of the day were the W2- pair of Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty. The pair raced in their repechage with big competition from Belarus,
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Seven Irish crews were competing today at the 2020 European Rowing Championships. Four crews progressed to the A/B Semi-Final races on Saturday morning and three crews will race in the Repechage. The W2- crew of Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty kicked off the Irish team’s racing this morning. The Irish pair were competing with crews
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IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD AND TOKYO 2020 DISCUSS USD 280 MILLION IN SAVINGS FROM MEASURES DEVELOPED TO DELIVER GAMES FIT FOR POST-CORONA WORLD The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee today discussed the estimated USD 280 million (JPY 30 billion) in cost savings that will be achieved by initial simplification
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The Laser European Championships start tomorrow (Thursday 8 October) in Gdańsk, Poland. Representing Ireland will be Rio 2016 silver medallist Annalise Murphy, Aoife Hopkins and Eve McMahon who compete against 109 other sailors from 36 countries in the women’s Laser Radial fleet. In the men’s Laser Standard, Finn Lynch, Liam Glynn and Ewan McMahon are
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Time Trial Conn McDunphy will wear the coveted national champion’s jersey after taking gold at the Senior Men’s Time Trial National Championships by just two seconds. Irish cycling stalwart Eve McCrystal, of Strata 3/VeloRevolution Racing Team, took gold in the Senior Women’s event with a dominant 21 second lead over Kelly Murphy, with Eileen Burns
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Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove finished in a very credible 18th place at the 49er European Championships which concluded in Austria yesterday. Ryan Seaton and Seafra Guilfoyle also qualified for the Gold Fleet (top 30 sailors) and finished 26th overall. Meanwhile Sean Donnelly and Marcus O’Leary both from Dun Laoghaire finished 48th. European Championships events
This weekend Senior Irish crews will be looking to continue the successes of the U23 and Junior crews who brought home six medals from their European Championships in September. Ireland will have seven crews competing at the European Rowing Championships in Poznan from the 9th -11th October. Sanita Puspure will be defending her Championship after
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Cycling Ireland and RTÉ Sport have confirmed that highlights of this year’s Cycling Ireland Road National Championships will be broadcast on RTÉ2 at 7pm on Monday, October 5th. Cycling Ireland’s Elite Road National Championships take place in Limerick from Thursday, October 1st to Sunday, October 4th, promoted by Newcastle West Wheelers. The action will get
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Brilliant runner-up finish for Ireland’s Anna Merveldt in Hungarian World Cup Freestyle Irish Dressage rider Anna Merveldt and the 11-year-old stallion Esporim have recorded their best ever World Cup finish as a pairing – taking runner-up spot in today’s (Sunday) CDI3*-W FEI World Cup Freestyle To Music Grand Prix at Budapest-Fot in Hungary. Merveldt and
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Where are the women? What do we mean by ‘equality’? What are our own subconscious biases and how do we activate and accelerate change? These were the strong, recurring themes in the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s (OFI) recent four-part webinar series on gender equality in sport.It uniquely featured leading voices on equality and diversity from
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