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Sail Of The Century | Moscow 1980

100 Years Of Team Ireland, News, Sailing / Kevin

Up until 1980 just 21 men had represented Ireland in Olympic sailing (women-only events were not introduced until 1988) so the silver medal won by David Wilkins and James Wilkinson in the Flying Dutchman class proved a pivotal moment for our island nation.Wilkins (from Malahide) was the first Irishman to compete in five Olympic Games [...]

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Performance Round Up – November

Cycling, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Sailing / Kevin

Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of November! Men's Skiff Qualify For Paris 2024 After six days battling light winds off Portugal's Algarve coast, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove have won the single nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics at this year's 49er European Championship. The place in the

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Olympic Qualification opportunity in Portugal for Irish Sailors

News, Paris 2024, Sailing / Heather

One nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the Men’s Skiff event will be decided this week at the 49er European Championship in Portugal (Vilamoura, November 8th -n13th) where two Irish crews will be in action. Robert Dickson (Howth Yacht Club) and Sean Waddilove (Skerries Sailing Club) missed qualification by one place at

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Performance Round Up – October

Cycling, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Sailing / Kevin

Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of October! Gymnastics World Championships Rhys McClenaghan defended his World title on the Pommel horse, while also qualifying a quota spot for Team Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Securing Gold at the World Championships was the only way to qualify a

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EVE MCMAHON IS ILCA WORLD U21 CHAMPION

News, Sailing / Kevin

Howth Yacht Club's Eve Mcmahon has won the world U21 championship title for her ILCA6 Olympic class in Tanger, Morocco on Sunday, 22 of October. After six days of racing the Paris 2024 hopeful held her nerve and delivered a very impressive regatta coming in 14 points lower than her closest competitor. On a windy final

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Performance Round Up – September

Athletics, Cycling, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Sailing, Swimming / Kevin

European Showjumping Championships The Irish Show Jumping team delivered an excellent performance to claim the silver medal in the team final of the FEI Jumping European Championship in Milano, Italy. Reflecting on his team's performance, Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping High Performance Director Blake said: “It’s a brilliant result, we’ve been so consistent all season – but I’m getting

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Performance Round Up – August

Athletics, Cycling, News, Paris 2024, Performance, Sailing, Swimming / Kevin

World Cycling Championships It was a successful World Championships for Cycling Ireland – with the combined championships seeing Ireland represented in ten different events. During the second day of competition, the women’s team pursuit finished in 9th place. The team maintain a positive trajectory for Paris 2024 qualification with the top 10 ranked nations qualifying

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Finn Lynch World Sailing Championships, on the cusp of Olympic Qualification, Credit INPHO

Finn Lynch On The Cusp Of Olympic Qualification

News, Paris 2024, Sailing / Kevin

Lynch on the cusp of Olympic qualification with two races to go at Sailing World Championships Ireland's Finn Lynch delivered two solid performances in a highly tricky day at the Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague today as the Carlow sailor seeks to qualify the nation for the Paris 2024 Olympic regatta. A strong tidal current

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Eve McMahon | World Sailing Championships | Paris Scholar

News, Performance, Sailing / Kevin

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Team Ireland Weekend Round Up

Athletics, Cycling, News, Performance, Sailing / Kevin

Weekend Round Up: Gillespie is a double European Champion, O’Sullivan and Healy go 1-2 in Espoo, Fay becomes the fastest Irishman ever over 5000m, Coscoran lowers his 1500m National Record, Irish Sailors finish up at the Olympic Test Event in Marseille It was a weekend marked by a long-awaited breakthrough, Gillespie having just been

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The Olympic Countdown Is On For Irish Sailors As They Hit Marseilles For The Paris 2024 Test Event

Paris 2024, Sailing / Kevin

Marseilles test event marking countdown to Olympic Sailing regatta With just over one year before the Sailing events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games get underway, the Marseilles venue is preparing to stage a full rehearsal regatta for all involved next week (7th-16th July 2023). Ireland will have an entry in three events which is

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Sailing | Positives to take from Princess Sofia World Cup

Sailing / Kevin

Gold fleet racing ended on Friday 7th of April, at the Princess Sofia World Cup of Sailing regatta in Palma with no Irish crews through to medal race finals for the first time in several editions. Despite a small improvement in form for Robert Dickson (Howth Yacht Club) and Seán Waddilove (Skerries Sailing Club) in

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