Both Irish boats in action on the opening day of the final Olympic Qualifying regatta in Poznan, Poland this morning; the heavyweight men’s pair (M2-) and the lightweight men’s double (LM2x) raced well to finish second in their respective heats and advance directly to Tuesday’s semi-finals. The men’s lightweight four (LM4-) do not start their regatta until tomorrow (Monday) morning when they line up in their heat.
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Paul Hession's excellent early season form continued as he was runner-up to Jeremy Warner in Ostrava last night while setting a new Irish 300m record of 32.47 seconds
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An Irish rowing team of three boats will race in the final Olympic qualifying regatta, in Poznan, Poland beginning on Sunday next (15th June) in a bid to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Ireland's leading fencer Siobhan Byrne today won a place at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.She was competing in the Eurozone Olympic qualifying tournament in Istanbul.
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High Performance Coach and four-time Olympic medallist Ginny Elliot said that she had invited 14 riders to join an intense programme with a view to selecting five horses and riders for a team in Hong Kong.
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Ireland’s number one badminton star, Scott Evans from Dublin, has been awarded a place in the Men’s Singles event at the Beijing Olympics.
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Ireland’s leading triathletes Emma Davis and Gavin Noble, continued their chase for Olympic qualification over the past week with Davis recording her best result of the year to take 10th place in the Tongyeong Triathlon World Cup in South Korea on Saturday (26th April), and Noble finishing 20th in the Pontevedra European Cup in Spain the previous weekend (19th April).
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The Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami was the scene of a great day for Irish sailing. Max Treacy & Anthony Shanks clinched a nation place for Ireland in the Star Class at the 2008 Beijing Games with another excellent performance at the Star World Championships.Ireland will now be represented in 4 of the 11 categories at the 2008 Olympic Games: Star, Finn, Laser Radial and 470. Four years ago the ISA set a target of 4 boats for Beijing and it is a great achievement to reach that goal.
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Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland and John Joe Joyce completed an incredible week for Irish amateur boxing after winning their qualifers in Athens, Greece.
3 Irish boxers win Olympic Qualifying events Read More »
5 Irish boxers have now qualified for Beijing. Paddy Barnes was first to qualify at the World Championships last year.
Team Ireland will have 5 boxers in Beijing Read More »
The ISSF World Cup in Beijing is a test event for the forthcoming Olympic Games in August. It has attracted the largest contingent of contenders so far seen as it is a combined event with rifle, pistol and shotgun events competing simultaneously and ICPSA High Performance Director Kevin Kilty will be posting reports from China outling each days events.
Burnett 12th at Beijing Olympic Test event Read More »
Two other boxers are one fight away from the Olympics. John Joe Joyce from Athy takes on Ionut Gheorge of Romania at light welterweight, while team captain Ken Egan fights Ramazan Magamedau from Belarus at light heavyweight.
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