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Ireland Conclude Track World Championships With Busy Final Day in Paris

Ireland concluded their Track World Championships on Saturday in a busy day of racing as Kelly Murphy broke the Women’s Individual Pursuit National Record.  Murphy finished 7th in the Individual Pursuit Qualifying with an impressive time, while Orla Walsh raced in the Women’s 500m TT Qualifying and the duo of Mia Griffin and Alice contested the Women’s Madison

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Lara Gillespie Hopes to Build on Performance after 17th Place Finish in Women’s Scratch Race at Track World Championships

Lara Gillepsie has finished 17th in the 10km Women’s Scratch Race at the Track World Championships in Paris this evening.  The Team Ireland rider was amongst the leading riders with less than ten laps to go and finished in the bunch after a strong ride.   After a cagey start, the pace kicked into gear in the final ten laps as riders battled for

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Ireland Narrowly Miss Out in Women’s Team Pursuit Qualification at World Track Championships

Ireland have narrowly missed out on qualification for the first round of the Women’s Team Pursuit after recording a strong time of 4.19.934 at the Track World Championships in Paris.  The team of Emily Kay, Lara Gillespie, Alice Sharpe and Kelly Murphy enjoyed a fast start and were placed third in the live rankings in the 1000m and 2000m splits.  And in a final

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OLYMPIC FEDERATION OF IRELAND HOSTS INAUGURAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TO SUPPORT THE MAKE A DIFFERENCE ATHLETES’ FUND

Funds raised through the Make A Difference Athletes’ Fund will be distributed directly as athlete grants The Olympic Federation of Ireland is today hosting an inaugural golf tournament at the K Club in Co. Kildare, to raise money for the Make A Difference Athletes’ Fund.  Monies raised will be distributed directly back to the athletes

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McClenaghan & Montgomery strike Gold at Gymnastics World Cup in Paris!

​25th Sep 2022, Paris; Irish international gymnasts Rhys McClenaghan and Eamon Montgomery have each won gold in today’s apparatus finals at the 2022 Paris World Cup, with both improving on their scores from qualifications. Competing in the Accor Arena, the Paris 2024 Olympic venue for gymnastics,  McClenaghan scored a huge 15.100 on Pommel while Montgomery hit an excellent

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Irish Eventing team secure Olympic qualification with superb performance at World Championships

A fantastic performance from the Irish Eventing team of Sam Watson, Padraig McCarthy, Susie Berry and Austin O’Connor, managed by Dag Albert at the FEI Eventing World Championships in Pratoni, Italy, has secured Olympic qualification for the Irish team for Paris 2024. A fifth place finish following today’s final Show Jumping phase saw Ireland take one of the seven coveted Olympic

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Irish Eventing team in battle for Olympic qualification this weekend at World Championships

The Irish Eventing team, led by Horse Sport Ireland’s acting High Performance Director Dag Albert, are in 12th place overall following today’s (Friday) conclusion of the Dressage phase at the FEI Eventing World Championships in Pratoni, Italy. Ireland are just under 13 penalties off seventh position heading into the weekend, which is the all-important cut-off

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European Modern Pentathlon Championships – Pentathlon Ireland Team

Sive Brassil and Isobel Radford Dodd will take on the continent’s best as Ireland’s challengers at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary this week.  Veteran Brassil will be leading the charge as she looks to build on a solid season of competition while Radford Dodd will be making her senior European debut in

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