Belfast bantam Michaela Walsh bowed out of the European Games in Azerbaijan on a unanimous decision to Russia’s Elena Saveleva. The London 2012 Olympian won all four rounds to earn a 40-36, 40-36,39-37 unanimous decision. Walsh lost the first frame today, but almost edged the second, the judges leaning in favour of the World bronze […]
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Sinead Cuthbert exited the women’s preliminary archery competition today at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, losing 6-0 to Natalya Banabakoa (Bulgaria). Cuthbert and fellow archer Darren Wallace are delighted to be at this major event and believe its important for the development of their sport to have Irish representatives performing at this level. Match result
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Congratulations to Natasha McManus who finished 19th in the preliminary round of the Women’s Diving 1m Springboard event at the 2015 European Games, European Games Park, Baku. McManus performed well in her first major multi sport championship and will compete again in the 3m preliminary round on Sunday. The confidence gained today will be invaluable on
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Team Ireland’s Ceira Smith progressed to the last-eight following an excellent win over Norway’s Camila Johansen. The flyweight’s victory means Ireland now have seven wins from eight after claiming all four rounds. The Irish champion will now meet Russia’s Salana Sagatavea in the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, it is going to be a busy day for the Irish coaching staff
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Congratulations to Brendan Irvine cruised into the quarter-finals of the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan after an impressive win at the Crystal Hall in the Azeri capital today. Irvine recorded his second straight victory over Bulgaria’s Tinko Banabakov to make it six wins out of seven for Team Ireland so far. Irvine won the three rounder
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Kieran Behan 17th in the Men’s individual all round event, showing significant progression within the high performance gymnastic programme. Behan will be in action again in the individual floor final on Saturday 20th June. All round results here: http://www.baku2015.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/men-all-around/phase=gam024100/index.html?intcmp=sr-bysport-byday-schline-eventdetail
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Chef de Mission Dermot Henihan presented Baku 2015 participation medals to physiotherapist Eimear O’Leary and Head physiotherapist Aidan Woods. O’Leary has spend the past week as part of Team Ireland Performance HQ support. Full team support for the 62 athletes and 14 sports as follows: The full performance support team is listed below:
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Team Ireland’s Ryan Mullen put in a great performance today in the Men’s Cycling Time Trial finishing in 8th place. More to follow…. Full results here: http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-road/event/men-time-trial/index.html?v=20150618-124230694
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Congratulations to Sean McComb who has defeated Ukraine’s Tymur Beliak (29-28 x2 and 30-27) to progress to the last 16 of the Men’s Lightweight 60kg.
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Caroline Ryan who put in an excellent performance to finish 15th in this morning’s Women’s Cycling time trial in a time of 33:29.55. The race was won by Ellen Van Dijk from the Netherlands in a time of 32:26:87. Full list of results below: http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-road/event/women-time-trial/phase=crw011100/index.html?v=20150618072446&intcmp=sr-bysport-byday-schline-result Ryan Mullen will be racing
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Team Ireland’s Alex Dolly lost to Spain’s Taimuraz Naskidaeva in the Men’s Wrestling 86kg Freestyle this morning in Baku. Naskidaeva is a former Junior World and European Champion and 5th in the Senior World Championships last year . Unfortunately Dolly will not have an opportunity to compete again in the repercharge as Naskidaeva was defeated in
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President of the European Olympic Committees [EOC] Patrick Hickey was awarded the Order of Glory, Azerbaijan’s highest honour, by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. President Hickey received the award, known as the Sharaf Order, on his 70th birthday in a ceremony at President Aliyev’s office. Speaking after the award, President Hickey said:
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