The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) and its sponsors P and G and Electric Ireland’s programme of providing tickets free of charge to athletes has been a great success. Its been an innovation which has been important due to the fact that tickets for London have been difficult to access through the normal system. LOCOG and the OCI have […]
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Linda Byrne ran two hours 37 minutes and 13 seconds to finish 66th, three seconds ahead of Ava Hutchinson in 68th. Catriona Jennings was last of the finishers in a time of 3:22:11. Tiki Gelana became the second Ethiopian woman to win marathon gold when she held off Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo to win a soggy
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John Joe Nevin goes head to head with Oscar Valdez in a bantamweight quarter-final this evening at the Excel Centre. The Mexican qualified for the last Games at the age of 17 and became the first boxer from his country to take a medal at the world championships, taking a bronze in 2009. Nevin has looked comfortable
Martyn Irvine’s hopes of a medal in the men’s omnium faded at the Velodrome when he finished the 4km individual pursuit in a time of 4:32.948 for an overall total of 44 points with two events remaining. Denmark’s Lasse Norman Hansen was quickest and in a time of 4:20.674 at the Velodrome in London, but
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The Medal Race in the Men’s Star has just finished and Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen came home in front. Peter O’Leary and David Burrows finished tenth, 42 seconds behind the winner. The result of the race is an overall victory for the Swedish team, Loof and Salminen, finishing with a total of 32 points.
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The second qualifier of the show jumping is complete and Cian O’Connor has qualified but Billy Twomey has been eliminated. O’Connor is in a share of 31st place after today’s action in Greenwich Park. He will resume the Olympic Final qualification process on Monday. There were a total of 12 clear rounds today.
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Newtownards cyclist Martyn Irvine is ninth after the first discipline of the omnium event in London. Irvine was competing in the flying lap, the first of the six disciplines, with the points race and elimination race also taking place on Saturday. The individual pursuit, scratch race and time trial are held on Sunday. Great Britain’s
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Billy Twomey and Cian O’Connor qualified today (Saturday) for the next round of the Olympic show jumping competition, with O’Connor going clear but Twomey picking up four faults that will influence his starting position in the second qualifier and will affect his total score at the end of the three qualifying rounds. Cork-born Twomey was
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Annalise Murphy has got back on track after a stunning display in the Women’s Laser Radial today. In the penultimate race of the series, barring the medals race, the Rathfarnham girl came in third and now holds the overall lead in the competition. Her closest rivals, Evi van Acker from Belgium and Marit Bouwmeester of
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Athletics: Joanne Cuddihy qualified for the semi final of the woman’s 400 metresafter finishing fourth in her heat this morning. The 28-year-old finished in a time of 52.09, which was enough for her to progress as the second fastest non-qualifier. Sailing: Annalise Murphy finished second in the Laser Radial, race 7 and tenth in Race 8.
Ireland’s Hannah Craig finished 10th in the women’s K1 finals at Lee Valley White Water Centre this afternoon. Craig performed very well to qualify from the semi-finals earlier in the day but was last of the finalists after posting a time of 127.36 after picking up 6 penalty points. Emilie Fer of France won the
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Three of the Irish sailing teams were competing today in Weymouth. Annalise Murphy remains at the top of the Laser Radial fleet having placed 8th and 19th today. Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern slipped to 9th overall in the 49er fleet and James Espey is 45th overall in the Laser class. The Star class were
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