This was a busy week for us, both from a sporting perspective, but also as an organisation, with the launch of our Don’t Scroll By campaign, targeting online hate speech, a campaign that was led by our Athletes’ Commission and supported by the wider Olympic family, more below. Below we have a number of updates […]
Weekly Update – 25 Feb 2021 Read More »
This week much of the focus in the Olympic community has been on the release of the playbooks which is a framework which will underpin how all the various stakeholders are expected to behave at the Olympic Games. What these playbooks have outlined is an emphasis of the IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee on
Weekly Update 11 Feb 2021 Read More »
Winter Olympic hopeful Cormac Comerford is currently competing on the Alpine Skiing circuit. ‘We are less than a week out from World Championships and 1 year from 2022 Winter Games. I’ve been able to put in some solid work towards achieving my season goals and putting myself in the best position for selection for the
Update from Cormac Comerford – Alpine Skier Read More »
To mark one year to go until the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put athletes at the heart of this milestone by featuring their preparation and commitment to getting to the Games during these unprecedented times. Athletes narrate and feature in self-filmed content in a film released on this
IOC President invites athletes of the world to Beijing 2022 Read More »
With one year to go, Team Ireland athletes are currently competing in events around the world with an eye on the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, which run from the 4-20 February 2022. In Pyeongchang in 2018, a five strong team flew the flag for Ireland at the Winter Games, and currently athletes across nine
BEIJING ONE YEAR TO GO – TEAM IRELAND ATHLETES TARGETING QUALIFICATION Read More »
Today marks one year to go until the Winter Olympics in Beijing! While much of the sporting calendar has hit pause, it is refreshing to check in with our winter sports, where so far this season around the world 7000 live winter events have taken place in safe and controlled environments. In today’s update, as
Weekly Update 4 Feb 2021 Read More »
SILVER MEDAL FOR BRENDAN DOYLE IN THE SKELETON AT THE IBSF NORTH AMERICAN CUP Podium finish in Park City for #TeamIreland legend and #Beijing2022 hopeful Brendan Doyle. Brendan has to travel to get actual skeleton experience, and when he gets an opportunity to compete, this is what happens: IBSF North American Cup in #ParkCity: Men’s
SILVER FOR DOYLE IN IBSF NORTH AMERICAN CUP Read More »
The Tokyo Olympic qualification status of the athletes can be found AT THIS LINK which will be regularly updated. While many athletes are currently training from home, with little competition, see below a summary of relevant updates from sports to kick off the new year. To date 52 Olympic athletes have secured Olympic qualification spots
Olympic Weekly Update 21 Jan 21 Read More »
FUND WILL SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL TEAM IRELAND OLYMPIC HOPEFULS €50,000 Grant for Irish Athletes on their Olympic Journey The Olympic Federation of Ireland, in conjunction with official sponsor FBD Insurance, have announced the recipients of the ‘Make A Difference’ programme, a €50,000 fund which will assist Ireland’s Olympic hopefuls in their preparation for the Olympic Games.
RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED OF THE FBD INSURANCE ‘MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ PROGRAMME Read More »
The Olympic Federation of Ireland today announced seven scholarships worth $65,500 USD ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing 2022. The following athletes were successful: Brenden Doyle – Skeleton Tess Arbez – Snow Sports – Alpine Skiing Cormac Comerford – Snow Sports – Alpine Skiing Alec Scott – Snow Sports – Alpine Skiing Seamus
ANNOUNCEMENT: Seven Winter Olympic Scholarship places Awarded Read More »
A CHEERFUL PANDA CALLED BING DWEN DWEN HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE OLYMPIC MASCOT FOR THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES BEIJING 2022. The new Olympic mascot will serve as an ambassador for winter sports, bringing joy to those who participate in and watch the Olympic Winter Games. “Bing” means ice and also symbolises purity and
BEIJING 2022 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES OLYMPIC MASCOT Read More »
