Mona McSharry became the first Irish swimmer in 25 years to compete at an Olympic final today, and put in a solid performance this morning in her 100m Breaststroke final, placing 8th overall in a time of 1:06.94. Earlier in the day, a superb performance from Carolyn Hayes in the women’s triathlon saw her finish […]
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Mona McSharry continued her impressive form at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games as she secured a coveted final spot in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke today. Finishing fourth in her semi-final today in a time of 1:06.59, she become the first Irish swimmer to qualify for an Olympic final in 25 years. Elsewhere, both of Team
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Two Athletes Set to Compete in Triathlon at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Team Ireland has officially selected a team of two triathletes for the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Carolyn Hayes has been selected to compete in the Individual Women’s event, and Russell White in the Individual Men’s event. The competition in Tokyo
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WHITE HOLDS POSITION In the Elite Men’s sprint distance, an unexpectedly large group of 28 athletes managed to stay together on the bike, without the climb on course breaking it up. This meant it came right down to the five kilometre run to decide the placings. In his third race in three weeks Russell White
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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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