Representatives from National Olympic Committees across the world have arrived for the first of 4 days of updates. They will be briefed on different aspects of preparations while also conducting site visits to venues and other Games-time facilities for the Winter Olympics. It marks a key examination for organisers before celebrations marking a one year […]
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Gary Skinner finished in a time of 1:18:87 in the men’s super G, 7 seconds behind the winner River Radamus from the USA. In the men’s Combined Slalom he produced an excellent performance in his first ever major Games to finish inside the top 30.. Congratulations to Gary and Snowsports Association of Ireland on his
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Ireland’s Gary Skinner produced a top 30 finish in the Lillehammer World Youth Games Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom at the Hafjell Olympic Slope.Earlier he made a solid start to the day by finishing 39th in the Alpine Combined Super-G. http://www.lillehammer2016.com/sportresult/
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Gary Skinner from Terenure, Dublin, will be Ireland’s sole representative at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway which runs from the 12th to the 21st February. Gary, 17 years of age, is a member of the Ski Club of Ireland and the Leogang Ski Racing Club, Austria. He is a pupil at Clongowes
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A review of the recent World Ski Championships in Vaile from Snowsports Ireland. The ladies team of Tess Arbez, Florence Bell and Victoria Bell along with the men’s team of Maxime Arbez, Conor Lyne and Pat McMillan selected by Snowsport Association of Ireland (SAI) represented Ireland in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in
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Congratulations to 17 year old Seamus O’Connor, Team Ireland, who qualified for the European Open Half-Pipe finals at the weekend finishing in 7th place overall. Results can be viewed here http://live.eim-solutions.com/beo2015/contestpart/show/5825 Watch Seamus O’Connor in the finals here 50mins.30secs in http://www.burton.com/default/beo_vod.html
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Ireland’s Enda Bolger competed in the men’s slalom event today at the 2015 EWYOF in Malbun, Liechtenstein. He put in a very solid performance over the two runs finishing well inside the top half of the field. On a very difficult course thirty four skiers including Ireland’s Ben Anselmi and Gary Skinner did not finish
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Tess Arbez broke new ground today for Snowsports in Ireland. Following on from Seamus O’Connor’s top ten place at the recent Snowboard World Championships, Tess finished 20th overall in Ladies Slalom with an overall time of 1.57.33 and +8.15 behind winner. Its another breakthrough and a credit to the support given to young winter sports men
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Congratulations to Enda Bolger completed the European Youth men’s giant slalom on a very demanding course finishing 68 of 110 on the start list. Chef de Mission Anne O’Connor said “The team are highly motivated to finish as high as they can against the more established nations in Europe. They are doing a great job in promoting
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Tess Arbez will be competing today in the giant slalom after finishing in the top 35 of 95 on the start list in slalom on Monday. Her target today is to finish in the top 30. Team Ireland Chef de Mission Anne O’Connor said “The team are motivated and are competing well against the top
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden from the 18th February – 1st March 2015. Jan Rossiter and Dominic McAleenan have been selected by Snowsports Association of Ireland. Rossiter competed for Ireland in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT Team Ireland: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun,
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Seamus O’Connor reflects on his superb performances at the 2015 World Snowboarding Championship. O’Connor produced the best slopestyle performance of his career in the semi-finals and in doing so qualified with the second highest score, 90.33, for the final. On reflection today he said, ” I was really happy with how I rode in the slopestyle qualifiers; being able to
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