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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Excellent performance from 19 year old Chloe Aboud this morning against World Number 1 Elin Johansson in the women’s 67kg. Aboud grew in confidence as the rounds progressed and put the world champion under a lot of pressure in the third round in particular. Aboud won the last round 4-3 but lost the overall contest
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More success in the Baku 2015 Boxing competition with Portlaoise’s Michael O’Reilly a comprehensive winner over Croation Sanjin Pol Vrgoc in the 75kg division, beating his opponent 3-0.O’Reilly will now face Emir Sabotic from Montenegro on Sunday 21st June.
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Irish coach Peter Taylor suffers every time one of his boxers takes a blow in training or competitive bouts. It is particularly so when the fighter in question is his daughter Katie Taylor, widely regarded as the greatest women boxer in the history of the sport. As her father and her coach, Peter admits it is sometimes
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Adam Nolan defeated Albant Beqiri 3-0 in Men’s Welter (69kg)………… more to follow http://www.baku2015.com/boxing/event/men-welter-69kg/match=bxm069510/index.html?v=20150617-093242090
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Derek Burnett has just missed out on the Shotgun Trap semi final place by 2 shots. Only the top 6 make the semi-final. Burnett finished 10th overall out of a field of 32 shooters. In a world class field this was another superb performance by Derek – missing only 5 of the 125 targets in the
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Team Ireland sent birthday wishes to Pat Hickey the Olympic Council of Ireland and European Olympic Committee President , led by Katie Taylor along with fellow athletes from Archery, Boxing, Canoeing, Gymnastics, and Taekwondo outside Team HQ this morning. Happy Birthday Pat!.
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Kurt Walker, the final Irish boxer in action today, was edged out on a split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) by Nazirov Bakhtovar. The Russian took the first frame on two of the judges’ cards, and that ultimately proved to be enough to secure victory in a very tight bantamweight three-rounder. Bakhtovar claimed the second frame 10-9
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Jenny Egan put in a superb performance this afternoon in the women’s Kayak Single (K1) 5000m Final in Mingachevir. Maryna Litvinchuk led from the front and was a deserved winner. However the scrap for Silver and Bronze medals was between Lana Belcher (GB) and Ranata Csay (Hungary) and Jenny Egan. Egan eventually lost out by
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Darren Wallace (ranked 52) will face Italy’s David Pasqualucci (ranked 13) on Saturday June 20th following the men’s individual ranking round this morning. Men’s qualification round 1 results http://www.baku2015.com/archery/event/men-individual/phase=arm070900/index.html?intcmp=sr-bysport-byday-schline-eventdetail Men’s Elimination June 20th: http://www.baku2015.com/archery/event/men-individual/phase=arm070600/index.html Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham (ranked 57) will meet Natalya Erdynieva (ranked 8th) in the 1-32 elimination round
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Derek Burnett will target a place in the semi-final of the Shotgun Trap following today’s mens trap qualification day 1. There are two more rounds tomorrow with the top 6 progressing to the semi final. Burnett in training yesterday hit 50 – maximum targets, and again this morning in the first two rounds in competition.
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Team Ireland southpaw and heavyweight Darren O’Neill, pictured, made it two wins from two for Ireland at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan today. The Irish Elite champion, who is captaining the Irish squad in the Azeri capital, scored an emphatic unanimous decision (30-27,30-24,30-26) over Romania’s Ionut Jitaru to book his ticket into the last
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