Athletics

Mark English (U.C.D. A.C.) has unfortunately had to withdraw from the Irish Team for the European Team Championships 1st League this weekend. The World Junior 800m finalist was due to represent Ireland in the 800m event however he has made the difficult decision to withdraw due to a viral infection and has worked closely with […]

Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) has unfortunately had to withdraw from the European Athletics Team Championships 1st League this weekend. The Wicklow athlete was due to represent Ireland in the 5,000m event however due to illness she has been forced to withdraw from the Irish team. Athletics Ireland National Endurance Coach

Irish Olympians David Gillick (DSD AC) and Joanne Cuddihy (Kilkenny City Harriers) have been named as the Men’s and Women’s Team Captains for the prestigious European Athletics Team Championships 1st League event taking place in The Morton Stadium Santry, Dublin on the weekend of June 22/23rd.   Both Gillick and Cuddihy are delighted to accept the

Athletics Ireland have announced the 50 strong Irish team for the European Athletics Team Championships 1st League, Dublin, June 22/23rd. Over 650 athletes, from twelve European Countries, will be competing in twenty events for Men and Women over the two days in Santry, and the excitement and anticipation is building daily. The Irish team is a

Kenya’s Olympic Gold Medallist Wilfred Bungei visited the Olympic Council of Ireland offices this afternoon. He is in Dublin as part of Africa Athletics Week as guest of honor of Africa Week, organised by its Chairperson Mubarak Habib . Wilfred is the 800 metres Gold Medal winner from the Beijing Olympics and former 800 metres World Indoor champion. Wilfred who

The European Race Walking Cup will take place on May 19th in Dudince, Slovakia. Athletics Ireland are sending a team of seven walkers to the event. Robert Heffernan (Togher AC ),who placed fourth in the 2012 Olympics, will be looking to better his season’s best time of 1:21:59 which he set down earlier this year in

The Penn Relays will play host to the 14th edition of USA vs. The World relays on Saturday, April 27th. There is a high quality Irish team set to compete in the Penn Relays in the exciting men’s Distance Medley Relay (DMR) event.   The Irish DMR team consists of Olympian Ciaran O’Lionaird (Leevale AC) who

Athletics Ireland has formally named Chris Jones, the highly respected former Performance Director at Triathlon Ireland as their new National Endurance Coach — a new position at AAI. Athletics Ireland High Performance Director Kevin Ankrom said “We had a wide pool of outstanding applicants for the position and we are delighted to announce that Chris

Battling performances by the Irish women’s team of Fionnuala Britton, (14th), Mary Cullen, (27th), Linda Byrne, (32nd), Ava Hutchinson, (42nd) and Lizzie Lee, (70th) brought the European Champions home in fifth position in yesterday’s World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.   The Irish women combined well to finish top European team behind Kenya, (19 Points)m

Olympian Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) ran a superb race to claim the bronze medal in the women’s 3,000m on the final day of the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Wicklow athlete showed incredible grit and determination as she bagged the bronze medal in a dramatic last lap dust up. Commenting afterwards Britton said