Ireland’s Kieran Behan has scored 13.966 in his favoured floor event at the London Games. Coming into the event Behan was tipped to score highly in his heat and advance to the finals. However, two stumbles on his final two landings damaged his score significantly, dropping him to 16th out of 21 overall. With only […]
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Gymnast Kieran Behan, was interviewed by RTE News Paul O’Flynn whilst training at the Gymnastics Ireland High Performance Team Camp in February. Interview and training took place in City of Lisburn Gymnastics Centre, Salto Gymnastics Club.
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Brave Gymnast Kieran Behan receives €20,000 boost from Olympic Council Ireland’s latest Olympic team member, 22 year old Kieran Behan, today received a cheque for €20,000 from Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland to help him in his preparations for the London Games. Told by doctors that he could never walk
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Stephen Martin, Chief Executive Olympic Council of Ireland attended the re-launch of Gymnastics Ireland. Martin was joined by fellow Olympic Medallist,John Treacy, ISC Chief Executive and current Gymnastic star Loius Smith to help promote the sport and Gymnastics Ireland’s brand transformation that included the launch of a new webstie, www.gymnasticsireland.com , Facebook Page (Gymnastics Ireland) and Twitter
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Gymnastics is one of the oldest Olympic sports. It has always been a part of the ancient, as well as the modern Olympic Games. The term “gymnastics” derives from the Greek word “gymnos”, meaning naked. This is also the root of the word “gymnasium”, which was a training area where athletes gathered to exercise, compete in sports and receive training in philosophy, music and literature. For contact details of Irish Gymnastics Ltd please click on Full story
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