Athletes Pre Selected for European Indoor Championships: Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers AC) Coach: John Shields Brian currently lies top of the 2013 European Indoor rankings in the 400m with his time of 46.07 which he set at the Athletics Ireland Open Games on January 27th. He continued his good form with a significant […]
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The death has taken place in Garden City, New York of Irish Olympian Cummin Clancy who hailed from Oughterard, Co. Galway. His funeral will take place in St. Joseph’s Church, Franklin Ave., Garden City on Wednesday next (Feb 20). A member of An Garda Siochana, he was the Irish champion discus thrower many times and,
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Statement from Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland “On behalf of her fellow athletes, colleagues and friends in the Olympic Movement, I send Olive every good wish on her retirement from competitive sport. Olive always embodied the true Olympic spirit with her race walking performances, her uplifting, smiling personality, and her positive
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Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers) recorded one of the fastest 400m times in the world this year at the AAI Indoors at the weekend. His time of 46.07 is also well inside the standard for the European Indoor championships, and is the fastest time ever run for an indoors 400m in Ireland. The previous best was held by
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The Athletics Ireland Open Indoor Games takes place on Sunday 27th of January in the remarkable new Indoor Arena in Athlone IT. The new state of the art arena has attracted a record number of entries with over 360 athletes set to compete. The event will see a number of top international athletes battle it out
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This Saturday’s 36th IAAF Antrim International Cross-Country meeting in Greenmount takes place in conjunction with the NI & Ulster Senior Cross Country Championships on Saturday, 12th of January. Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) will look to defend the title she won so impressively twelve months ago. Leading the challenge will be European
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Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) produced a remarkable performance to win the 2013 Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday, 5th of January. The Wicklow athlete was part of strong European Team that also included Irish team mate Linda Byrne (Dundrum South Dublin AC). From the offset Britton positioned herself at
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Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) is set to compete in the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country this Saturday, the 5th of January. The Wicklow athlete will aim to repeat her winning performance from last year’s race and get her 2013 campaign off to a victorious start. Speaking before the race
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Chris Jones is the man who has helped enable Fionnuala Britton to be the first woman ever to win back-to-back European Cross Country titles, and the marathon is already ear-marked as Britton’s ultimate distance. Following her recent success he said “I’ve no doubt she’d run a very, very fast half marathon right now,” he says, “and
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Fionnuala Britton successfully retained her European Cross Country title with a brilliant display in Budapest on Sunday. On a momentous day for Irish athletics Britton led the senior women who included Linda Byrne, Ava Hutchinson, Lizzie Lee, Sarah Louise Treacy and Sarah McCormack to team gold Britton has been in excellent form this autumn and
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The 2012 European Cross Country Championships take place this Sunday, the 9th of December in Budapest, Hungary. The 19th running of these championships will see a 30 strong Irish team compete. The team is made up of a mixture of experienced senior athletes and the new generation of Irish junior and U23 athletes. A record
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Defending European Champion Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) will lead the Irish Team at the 19th European Cross Country Championships which takes place in Budapest, Hungary on the 9th of December. The Wicklow athlete’s preparation for these championships has gone exceptional well, she finished 4th in the very competitive VIII Cross de Atapuerca in Burgos, Spain
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