Athletics

Derval O’Rourke has announced her retirement from athletics today. The former World Champion, multiple Irish record holder and three time Olympian has been one of Ireland’s greatest ever athletes, winning five Championship medals, including being crowned World Champion. O’Rourke ran all her Irish records at major championships in the green vest. The Cork hurdler also […]

It was a promising weekend for Irish athletics with Thomas Barr and Mark English enjoying the perfect build-up to the European Championships with some world class performances. Barr was in excellent form when setting an Irish 400m hurdles record of 48.90 in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday to place him top of the European rankings. “I wasn’t expecting that,”

Athletics Ireland have announced a team of 45 athletes to compete at the European Team Championships 1st League in Tallinn, Estonia from the 21st-22nd of June. The Irish team will face Estonia, Belarus, Greece, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia and Lithuania during the two-day competition, with the top three finishing teams earning a promotion

Paul Robinson competed well in the Dream Mile at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway last night coming away with a new personal best of 3:54.77. After the race Robinson said “I’m getting close to a big breakthrough”. The  race was won by Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman in 3:49.49. He added “It’s just that last 200m. If I can

Irish athletes are set to compete at the IFAM International Flanders Meet in Oordegem Belgium this Saturday night. Indoor 800m record holder, Mark English will make his outdoor season debut.   An Irish men’s and women’s 4x100m team are set to line up and will be vying to achieve top 16 European ranking  needed to

World Champion Rob Heffernan (Togher AC) continued his preparations for the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich with a victory in the International Race-Walking Grand Prix in Naumburg, Germany at the weekend. Heffernan dropped down in distance to 20km for the race and showed his class by winning the race in a time of 1:21.07,

World Champion Rob Heffernan (Togher AC) finished in the 23rd place at the prestigious IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, China on Sunday 4th of May. A day previous Laura Reynolds (Mohill AC) achieved the qualifying standard in the women’s 20km race for the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich. The world cup

World 50km Race Walking Champion Rob Heffernan (Togher AC) will lead the Irish Team at the prestigious IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, China from the 3rd -4th May. Heffernan made his competitive comeback on the Race Walking Circuit at the Lugano Race Walking Grand Prix in Switzerland last month (March 16th). He finished

The European Cross Country Championships will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on 8th of December.  National Endurance Coach, Chris Jones who is leading athlete and team preparations for the championships commented: “We have invested in preparations for these championships. I have just returned from a very productive high altitude training camp in Font Romeu, in