Carolyn Hayes has taken a massive step towards qualification for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games after the best Irish female performance in triathlon in almost a decade. Hayes finished 2nd at today’s World Cup triathlon in Lisbon, Portugal behind double Olympic medalist Nicola Spirig of Switzerland. With just a handful of races left in the […]
EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led
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Ireland’s elite triathletes will set their sights on tomorrow’s (Sunday) Mixed Team Relay after a disappointing day for the team at the World Championships in Hamburg. Carolyn Hayes was the best of the five athletes competing across two events today (Saturday), finishing in 48th place in the women’s event. Maeve Gallagher finished 60th in the
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Stephen Delaney, a native of Sutton, Co Dublin, is Triathlon Ireland’s new Performance Director. He is a former international cyclist and winner of Rás Tailteann, and has worked full-time with Triathlon Ireland for the last five years, most recently as National Development Coach. Triathlon, by its nature, is a multi-disciplinary sport that needs extremely versatile
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Live updates and reaction from the penultimate day for Team Ireland at Rio 2016
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National records, olympic bebuts, In-form golfers and sword-wielding Irish athletes – It’s been a memorable Day 13 at Rio 2016
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Pictures and Profiles of all 77 athletes competing for Ireland at the Olympic Games Rio 2016
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Bryan Keane moved closer to Olympic qualification following his 11th place finish at World Cup Huatulco in Mexico on Sunday morning. In a race which High Performance director Tommy Evans described as the toughest on the international circuit, Keane came home 1min 15secs behind winner Eitienne Demunsch. Keane’s haul of 229 points sees him drop slightly
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Team Ireland Olympic sports continue to gain a performance advantage by familiarizing themselves with the environment they will experience at the Olympics next year by in the Rio Test Events. Following on from recent involvement by Horse Sport Ireland performance staff and Triathlon Ireland athletes and performance staff, Irish Sailing are next up in the Aquece Rio
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A fascinating men’s triathlon unfolded at the Baku European Games with Great Britain’s Gordon Benson going on to claim victory in a time of 1:48:31. Joao Silva of Portugal posted the fastest run of day to claim silver after starting the final discipline from the chase pack. Local man, Rostyslav Pevtsov delighted the hometown supporters
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Ireland’s Aileen Reid has finished sixth in the triathlon at the inaugural European Games in Baku. Reid, who currently sits sixth – making her the leading European competitor – in the World Triathlon Series, finished the race in two hours three minutes and 58 seconds, three minutes and 30 seconds behind winner and Olympic champion Nicola
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Three women are set to dominate the Triathlon, with Reid to challenge London 2012 rivals. More than 50 women will plunge into the Caspian Sea at 12:30 on Saturday seeking European Games medals in Triathlon, the sport’s first-ever international contest in Azerbaijan, with Swiss Olympic champion Nicola Spirig facing Sweden’s silver medallist Lisa Norden for the
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