The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) Athletes’ Commission is disappointed to learn of the decision by Federation International de Gymnastique (FIG), whereby Northern Irish athletes, including Olympian Rhys McClenaghan, have been informed of their ineligibility to represent Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games later this year and calls for review and reversal of this decision. […]
Ireland’s Eamon Montgomery claimed Bronze at the floor final at the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup in Baku. Montgomery, who scored 14.066 started competing for Ireland at the start of 2022 and has now achieved his first medal, establishing his place on the international circuit as a floor specialist. Teammate Adam Steele finished in
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Galway’s 18 year old Emma Slevin improved her ranking from qualification by finishing in 19th position in the Women’s All-Around Final at the 2021 Gymnastics World Championships. Slevin has made history twice this year by becoming the first Irish gymnast to qualify for AA finals at the 2021 European Championships in April and has done it again this
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Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan finished competition after a long Covid-19 related delay at the World Gymnastics Championships with a score of 13.766. Speaking about today’s men’s qualifiers, Gymnastics Ireland CEO Mr. Ciaran Gallagher said: ‘It was a difficult subdivision for Rhys McClenaghan out in Japan this morning, and indeed for all the other gymnasts in his sub
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Ireland’s Emma Slevin makes history again by becoming the first Irish gymnast to qualify for the coveted All Around finals of the World Gymnastics Championships. Emma placed 21st with a score of 50.165. The top 24 gymnasts in the world progress through to the AA final which will take place on Thursday 21st October at 6.30am Irish time. Slevin
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Olympic finalist Rhys McClenaghan and European finalist Emma Slevin are competing in the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships which takes place from the 18th – 24th October. Emma Slevin, who made history this year by becoming the first Irish gymnast to qualify for All Around Finals in a European Gymnastics Championships, is up first. Emma
It was a tense and thrilling final day in the Men’s Individual Stroke Play at Kasumigaseki Country Club today, with Rory McIlroy finishing in a tie for 4th after an absorbing seven-way playoff for the bronze medal. Having fired a final round 67, 4-under par, McIlroy joined the 7-way playoff for bronze as he and
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In her third Olympic Games, the current World Champion in the Women’s Singles Sanita Puspure won her quarter-final in impressive style in today’s race in Tokyo, and will now compete in the semi-final A/B next Tuesday. The Women’s Pair of Monika Dukarska and Aileen Crowley and the Lightweight Women’s Double of Margaret Cremen and Aoife
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GREENE ROUNDS OUT THE ACTION IN THE POOL ON DAY ONE FOR TEAM IRELAND Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has made history today as he became the first Irish gymnast to qualify for an Olympic final following an incredible performance on the Pommel Horse earlier today. Indeed, it was another busy evening all round for the Irish,
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Morning report from Team Ireland on Day One of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games It was a jam-packed morning of action for Team Ireland at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with athletes from rowing, gymnastics, boxing and taekwondo all in action, while the men’s road race is currently still taking place in cycling. BOXING Kurt
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McClenaghan and Ryan Set for Olympic Debut Team Ireland has officially selected the artistic gymnastics team who will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Rhys McClenaghan (Co. Down) will compete in the Men’s Pommel Horse and Meg Ryan (Cork) in the Women’s All-Around which takes place in the Ariake Gymnastics Centre from
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21 year-old gymnastics star Rhys McClenaghan finished in 5th place with a score of 13.566 after an unlucky fall while debuting an upgraded routine in the Pommel Horse final at the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships. It was an incredibly dramatic final with 5 out of the 8 finalists falling in what was the first major
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