Athletics

It was a very encouraging week for the Irish athletes with outstanding performances coming from Mark English in the 800m and Paul Robinson in the 1500m where they finished third and fourth respectively. The men’s 4x400m really stepped up to the mark breaking the national record on two occasions and finishing fifth in the final.

Team Ireland  middle-distance runners Paul Robinson and Ciarán O’Lionáird  both qualified for Sunday’s 1500m final in their semi-finals today. Kildareman Robinson put in a magnificent run to seal automatic qualification when the 23-year-old finished fourth in his heat in a time of 3.39.83. O’Lionáird booked his spot in the final as one of four fastest

The morning session on day three (14th August) of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich proved to be a mixed bag for the two Irish athletes competing. Up first was Laura Reynolds (Mohill AC) as she contested the 20km Race Walk around a one kilometre loop in the city centre of Zurich. From the offset

Mark English (UCD AC) continued the momentum of the Irish team on day one of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. He powered to victory in his heat of the 800m in a time of 1.47.38 to qualify automatically for the semi-finals. English made all the right moves as he could afford to coast down

Championship Best Performances and thrilling competition was the order of the day at the GloHealth Juvenile Track and Field Championships held in Tullamore on Sunday the 13th of July. Robbie Marrs (City of Lisburn AC) set a stunning new Championships Best Performance (CBP) of 1.94m in the U16 boy’s High Jump. The mark added 4cm

08.07.2014 Nine of Ireland’s up and coming athletic talent will travel to Eugene, Oregon to compete at the World Junior Track and Field Championships which take place from the 22nd-27th of July.  The level of competition at the World Junior Championships will be of the highest quality when you consider previous winners include athletic icons

Derval O’Rourke has announced her retirement from athletics today. The former World Champion, multiple Irish record holder and three time Olympian has been one of Ireland’s greatest ever athletes, winning five Championship medals, including being crowned World Champion. O’Rourke ran all her Irish records at major championships in the green vest. The Cork hurdler also

It was a promising weekend for Irish athletics with Thomas Barr and Mark English enjoying the perfect build-up to the European Championships with some world class performances. Barr was in excellent form when setting an Irish 400m hurdles record of 48.90 in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday to place him top of the European rankings. “I wasn’t expecting that,”

Athletics Ireland have announced a team of 45 athletes to compete at the European Team Championships 1st League in Tallinn, Estonia from the 21st-22nd of June. The Irish team will face Estonia, Belarus, Greece, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia and Lithuania during the two-day competition, with the top three finishing teams earning a promotion