Congratulations to the Irish senior women’s team who won a bronze team medal at the European Cross country Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria on Sunday, 14th of December. The team made up of Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC), Sara Treacy (Dunboyne AC), Michelle Finn (Leevale AC), Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC), Siobhan O ’Doherty (Borrisokane AC) and Laura […]
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Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton, (Kilcoole AC) will lead the Irish Team of 33 at the 21st European Cross Country Championships which takes place in Samokov, Bulgaria December 14th. Britton is only one of two Irish senior athletes to have won medals at European Cross Country Championships taking back to back titles in
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The National Athletics Awards took place on Wednesday 26th of November in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Santry It was an excellent awards ceremony and top table guests included Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD, Irish Sports Council Chairman Keiran Mulvey and CEO John Treacy and from the Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat
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World Champion Race Walker and Olympian Rob Heffernan is on a mission to inspire school children in the Cork area. Heffernan is visiting a number of primary schools over the next few weeks to share his experiences and help inspire more Cork stars of the future. His recent visit was to Conna National School and
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Congratulations to Mark English who has been selected for Team Europe in the forthcoming Continental Cup in Marrakech in 13-14 September 2014. European Team Selection here: http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/39/92/~5575735_Neutral.pdf A number of gold medal winners from the European Athletics Championships in Zurich will line up for Team Europe at the IAAF Continental Cup to be held
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Michaela Walsh (Swinford AC) produced a fine performance in the Shot Put final at the World Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China throwing a personal best of 15.69 to place 6th. This improved on her personal best of 15.59m she set when qualifying for the A final. Adam King (Iveragh AC) was 8th in the Hammer
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Roseanna McGuickian ran 24.77 in the women’s 200m heats and is ranked 10th overall from the 3 heats, just missing out on the final by 0.03 seconds. Congratulations on an excellent run in a very competitive world class field of 200m athletes. Summary – Women’s 200m Qualifications Rank Bib Name Wind Result
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Adam King and Michaela Walsh will compete in their respective Final’s of Men’s Hammer and Women’s Shot Put on Sunday 24th August in the Nanjing Athletics Stadium. You can follow events on Olympic TV http://www.olympic.org/ Sun, 24 Aug Start Time/ Location Event Status 20:20 Nanjing OSC Stadium Men’s Hammer Throw Final A KING Adam Scheduled 20:25
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The Team Ireland schedule for 22nd August sees Dearbhail McNamara compete in the qualification heats for 200m Breaststroke, and on the track Roseanna McGuickian in the Women’s 200m. McGuickan (pictured 2nd from left) produced a major breakthrough as she clinched 200m bronze at the European Youth Olympics in Holland 2013. The Gracehill youngster improved her personal best
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Michaela Walsh who threw a personal best to reach the “A” final of the Women’s Shot Put in Nanjing this evening. Qualification results as follows: http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/AT/YO2014_AT_C73S_ATW051901.pdf “A” Final qualifiers are: Nanjing OSC Stadium 24 Aug 20:25 Order Bib Name PB SB 1 372 BUGAKOVA Alena 19.60 19.60
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Fantastic display of hammer throwing by Team Ireland’s Adam King as he throws a personal best of 71.91m for 8th place in qualification gaining a place in the A final – 24th August 2014. Nanjing OSC Stadium 24 Aug 20:20 A Final Order Bib Name PB SB 1 636 PRODANAS Alexios 76.22 76.22 2 707
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Best wishes to our talented Team Ireland Irish track and field athletes in Nanjing in China for the Youth Olympic Games. Pictured are Michaela Walsh, Roseanna McGuckian, Eoin Sheridan, Adam King & Louise Shanahan
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