DAY FOUR PM: TEAM IRELAND IN BEIJING 2022 ELSA DESMOND FINISHES HER OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH Team Ireland’s Elsa Desmond finished her Olympic campaign with another clean run in the Women’s Singles Luge at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The first time Olympian finished her third run with a time of 1:02.254, […]
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JACK GOWER JOINS LONG LIST OF DNFS IN SUPER-G There was disappointment for Jack Gower in the Men’s Super-G today in Yangqing, when he joined a long list of DNFs for the Men’s Super-G at the Winter Olympic Games. The 27-year-old was the only Team Ireland athlete in action in the morning session of day
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ELSA DESMOND MAKES OLYMPIC DEBUT WITH PERSONAL BEST RUN This afternoon’s sole Irish interest at the Winter Olympics in Beijing was in the Yangqing National Sliding Centre, where Elsa Desmond made her Olympic debut competing in the Women’s Singles runs in the Luge. Each athlete competed in two runs this evening which will be tallied
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GOWER – 31st IN DOWNHILL, DNF FOR ARBEZ IN GIANT SLALOM Today saw two Alpine Skiers in action for Ireland at the Winter Olympics, with Jack Gower competing in the Downhill event which was rescheduled from yesterday morning, and Tess Arbez in the Giant Slalom. Both competitions were based in the Yangqing zone and
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MALONEY WESTGAARD KICK STARTS IRISH CAMPAIGN – DOWNHILL RESCHEDULED Team Ireland action at the Winter Olympics kicked off today in Zhangjiakou with Thomas Maloney Westgaard finishing 43rd in the 15km + 15km Skiathlon. The Men’s Downhill event in Alpine Skiing that was meant to take place earlier in the day was rescheduled until tomorrow due
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BEIJING 2022 OPENING CEREMONY TODAY COMPLETE MEDIA GUIDE TO TEAM IRELAND IN BEIJING REVEALED Today’s opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games takes place today in the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing city. The ceremony that marks the opening of the Games which will run from the 4 – 20 February 2022, will be held
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THIRTY years ago Terry McHugh did something unique in Irish sporting history. He didn’t just compete in a Winter and Summer Olympic Games – something that only two other Irish athletes have ever done – he did both in one year. 1992 was the last time that the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in
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Only three athletes have ever represented Team Ireland in both the summer and winter Olympics to date – Terry McHugh, Pat McDonagh and Claire Bergin. Introducing…. Claire Bergin CLAIRE Bergin, from Foxrock was a talented sprinter for DSD AC who competed for Ireland in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Jamaica and at European and
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JUST 31 Irish athletes have competed for Ireland in the Winter Olympics to date and three of them have done something which is even rarer and particularly historic. Pat McDonagh, Terry McHugh and Claire Bergin are part of an international sporting elite having competed at a Summer and Winter Olympics, an achievement made all the
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BRENDAN ‘BUBBA’ NEWBY AND ELSA DESMOND NAMED AS FLAGBEARERS FOR TEAM IRELAND AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS Beijing 2022 Flagbearer Announcement to Coincide with the Lunar New Year Brendan Newby and Elsa Desmond have been named as the flagbearers for Team Ireland for the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing later this week. The
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While the schedules will change a little as we get closer to the Games, the overall look of Team Ireland at the Games will see most of the competition in the first half of the Games for Irish athletes – with five of the six athletes competing in the first week! Noting all the times
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Last week we officially launched the OFI Dare to Believe Road to Beijing, inviting school children around the country to join us on an interactive journey to Beijing, celebrating winter sports, Team Ireland and the Chinese culture along the way. One of the goals of Road to Beijing is to get children active in a
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