Ireland’s Kevin Le Blanc had another excellent round at the Nanjing 2014 Boys singles golf competition. Le Blanc carded 4 birdies and 3 bogeys for a one under par round of 71, leaving him on Level Par for the tournament. He has moved up to 13th place overall with one round remaining. The tournament leader is […]
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Irish swimmers got their Youth Olympic competition underway this morning at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. Calum Bain was just .01 off the semi-finals in the 50Free with a time 23.57, finishing 17th overall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvhBtNUfD8 Watch Calum Bain 50m freestyle heat at 41-50 into the highlights Laoise Fleming 200Backstroke recorded a time of 2:21.89, and Derabhail McNamara 1:13.79
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The Olympic Council of Ireland have been informed of the death on Thursday 14 August of Ernest ” Square ” Mc Cartney selected for the 1948 Olympic Games (Wellington Swimming Club member). Square, as he was commonly known, received a special award from the OCI prior to the London Olympics to mark his selection for the London games of
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Congratulations to Eimear Lambe qualified through the repechage to make the semi final of the women’s single skulls – to be held 19th August at 10:40 (Nanjing). The line up for the semi final can be viewed here: http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/ENG/RO/ROR173A_YO2014ROW012201ENG.htm The swimming events started at the World Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China with Laoise Fleming
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Ireland, with one gold, two silver and one bronze, courtesy of Hughie Myers, finished in fourth spot in the medals table behind Italy, Moldova and Bulgaria, and in third spot in the rankings table. Ireland’s top-four finishes were achieved minus AIBA World No 2 and No 3 Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes, who competed in the recent Commonwealth
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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.
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Canoeist Robert Hendrick has been chosen to be Team Ireland flag bearer for tomorrow’s 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (16th August) . Hendrick admitted “I never expected it at all because there are so many great young athletes here so it was a great surprise and I feel very honoured and privileged – it just feels great”
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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
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Ireland’s Chris Bryan has today finished 16th overall at the LEN European Open Water Championships in Berlin, Germany. Racing in a field of 39 swimmers Bryan put in an impressive performance in an exciting race where the result could have gone any way. Swimmers racing in the 10K completed four 2.5 kilometre circuits at the
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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
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Ireland’s Elite boxers are guaranteed at least three bronze medals at the European Union Elite Championships after recording a hat-trick of quarter-final wins in Bulgaria yesterday. London 2012 Olympian Darren O’Neill, Hughie Myers and David Oliver Joyce all had their hands raised in victory in Sofia. However, Beijing 2008 Olympian John Joe Joyce bowed at
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England stand in the way of the Ireland Women making further history by qualifying for their first ever Women’s Rugby World Cup final. A mouth-watering clash awaits at Stade Jean Bouin as the girls in green bid to make it four wins out of four. 2014 IRB WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL: Wednesday, August 13 IRELAND
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