Four athletes to compete in the Madison and Omnium events Team Ireland has officially selected the track cycling team who will compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Four athletes and two reserve riders have been named to compete in the Madison and Omnium for men and women. The team will compete in […]
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Nhat Nguyen has been officially selected to represent Team Ireland in the Badminton Men’s Singles at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Nguyen, who turns 21 years of age today, will be one of the youngest members of Team Ireland, and has consistently performed throughout the qualification period to book his spot by finishing
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Tokyo 2020) began publishing the third and final editions of the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks today. These comprehensive guidelines, which are a key part of the overall countermeasures being put in place for the
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Seven Team Ireland athletes selected to compete in Sapporo at Tokyo 2020 Team Ireland has officially selected seven athletes to compete across the Marathon and 50km Race Walk events in Sapporo at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. An experienced team of five marathon runners and two race walkers will compete across four days
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Team Ireland arrived in Paris on June 1st for the upcoming European Boxing Road to Tokyo Event taking place from June 4th-8th in Le Grand Dome in Villebon-sur-Yvette. This tournament marks the resumption of the Qualification process for European athletes after it was paused in London in March 2020 due to the onset of the
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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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Dates have now been set for the 2021 Swim Ireland Performance Meet, which will be a final opportunity for a discrete number of Irish swimmers to qualify for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games. The event will take place at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin from June 24 to 26, featuring individual Olympic events
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After over 20 months preparing in the background, the Irish women’s hockey team is looking to hit the ground running at June’s European Championships in the Netherlands. It is the first phase of a huge summer that culminates in the Tokyo Olympic Games with the Euros doubling up as a key preparation tournament for the
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The Olympic Federation of Ireland unveiled the official kit that will be worn by Team Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics tonight, to coincide with an Olympic special on the Late Late Show. The Irish team will be wearing a range of adidas training apparel, village and competition wear, that is provided through the OFI partnership
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European Olympic Sprint Qualifier The Irish Canoe Sprint Team got back on the start-line for the opening race of the 2021 World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. The event also played host to the return to competition for Paracanoe, and to the European Sprint Qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Competing for Ireland were Jenny Egan
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The 11th and final meeting (19-21 May) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 concluded today, and it has become clearer than ever that these Games will be safe for everyone participating and the Japanese people. The opening session of the meetings was attended by IOC
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Thanks to the phenomenal exploits of our rowers last weekend, the official number of confirmed Team Ireland athlete spots for Tokyo now stands at 69, on the week when the first of the Irish athletes receive their IOC/Pfizer donated vaccinations ahead of the Olympic Games this summer. These highlights and more are detailed below, alongside
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