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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Congratuations to Joe Ward who claimed his third European title in Kharkiv, Ukraine at the weekend after beating Russian light-heavy Muslim Gadzhimagomedov. Ward has his hand raised in victory on a unanimous decision to claim his third European gold since 2011. The judges handed Ward a 30-27,30-27.30-27, 29-28,29-28 victory after three tight rounds
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Individual victories from Mark English and Brian Gregan helped seal Ireland’s European Team Championships First League status in Vaasa, Finland over the weekend, although they finished out of contention for promotion to the top-flight Super League. Finishing eighth among the 12 nations, with the top three promoted, Ireland ended up ranked 20th overall among European
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Congratulations to Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe who retained their mixed relay gold at the modern pentathlon World Cup final in Lithuania yesterday. The pair began the final laser-run event in the lead, having built up a 23-second advantage allowing them to follow up on last year’s US success. Coyle ran the first two laps
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Ireland took bronze medals over 20km at the European Race Walking Cup in Podebrady, Czech Republic over the weekend led home by Leevale’s Alex Wright, sixth in 1:21:48. Rob Heffernan finished 13th in 1:22:40, with Cian McManamon next home for the Irish in 26th, in 1:24:03, ensuring the team came home third with 45 points. In
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Congratulations to 17 Year Old Irish Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan who claimed gold in the Pommel Horse Final at the World Challenge Cup in Croatia 20th May 2017. The young gymnast fought off seven competitors in the final this evening with a score of 14.267. With his eyes firmly set on Tokyo 2020 qualification this result demonstrates
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Irish team manager Rodrigo Pessoa has named the Irish Show Jumping squad for their second points-scoring round of the FEI Super League Nations Cup series, which takes place at Rome in Italy on Friday May 26th. Ireland scored a third place finish in their first points-scoring outing at the La Baule Nations Cup last week
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An exciting day 1 of the Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships kicks off tomorrow (May 17) in Morton Stadium. It will predominantly see the minor and junior age groups in action with the majority of the intermediate and senior categories on Saturday (May 21st). There will be seniors competing in the steeplechase and Amy
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2016 Olympians Oliver Dingley, Shane Ryan and Nicholas Quinn will spearhead Swim Ireland’s biggest World Championships team since 2009 in Budapest in July. Seven athletes were announced today in the squad that will travel to Hungary for the FINA World Championships. Dingley will be Ireland’s first diver at a World Championships in many years. The
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Out of four crews who competed in Belgrade this weekend at the 2017 World Rowing Cup I, two have won medals at the event including 1 Gold and 1 Silver, and all four were successful in reaching their respective A Finals guaranteeing a top-6 finish. Shane O’ Driscoll and Mark O’ Donovan were the shining
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Irish Show Jumping Team Manager, Rodrigo Pessoa, was in Dublin yesterday speaking for the first time since his appointment, Irish team manager. Pessoa also named his squad for Ireland’s first points-scoring round of the 2017 Super League Nations Cup series, which takes place at La Baule in France on Friday May 12th. The Irish La
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Congratulations to Sam and Chloe Magee who won bronze medals at the European Championships. Sam and Chloe played world class badminton all week long and had some close games. They managed to knock out the number 4 and 5 seeds of the tournament on the way to their medal. Chloe said, “We really have to thank everyone for
