ROWING WORLD champions Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll have made the decision to sacrifice the possibility of winning more major international titles in the coming two years to try to fulfil their Olympic dream. The Skibbereen duo swept the boards as a lightweight pair this year, winning World and European titles as well as […]
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CYCLING MASSIVE crowds flocked to cycling’s World Road Championships in Bergen in September where the huge attendances and support saw it favourably compared to when Norway hosted the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994. Best of the Irish over some demanding courses were Olympian Nicholas Roche and Mark Downey. Roche’s 12th in the 31km
Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Ryan Mullen who has just won a bronze medal in the men’s elite time trial at the European Road Championships, finishing on the podium behind Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts and Maciej Bodnar of Poland. The medal is the 22-year old’s third in international competition having claimed silver in the time trial at the European
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Congratulations to Olympian Dan Martin who took the best Irish result in Paris-Nice since his uncle (Stephen Roche) was runner-up in 1990, finishing third overall in the event on Sunday. Martin had started the day second overall, 30 seconds behind the race leader Sergio Henao (Team Sky) but he and Henao were caught out by by Alberto
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Ireland’s Mark Downey and Felix English have rounded off the final event in the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup in LA with a gold medal win in the Madison. The Madison is a new event on the Olympic calendar for Tokyo and the Irish team have made clear their intentions with another dominant performance
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Mark Downey and Felix English collected a third medal for Ireland at the track World Cup in Cali, Colombia on Sunday, netting a superb silver in the Madison event. Downey had previously won the points race and teamed up with English for the 120 lap event. On Saturday Lydia Gurley was third in the women’s scratch race. “That
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Less than a year after announcing his retirement from cycling, former world track champion Martyn Irvine will make the most of a second chance to compete in international cycling. The 32-year-old retired after being disillusioned with not making his goal of qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics. However its great news to hear that he will return to the sport
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Follow the action for Team Ireland as the action enters Week 2 in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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A look back on Day One for Team Ireland at Rio 2016
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Rio 2016 Team Ireland Live Blog: Day 1
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Pictures and Profiles of all 77 athletes competing for Ireland at the Olympic Games Rio 2016
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Monday 1 August 2016 Nicholas Roche has received a major boost ahead of competing for Ireland at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The 32 year old is to join BMC Racing for the 2017 season, where he will team up with fellow Olympian Richie Porte of Team Australia and US cyclist Tejay van Garderen. General Manager
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