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 […]
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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
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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.
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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
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After the creation of the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee on Monday, the newly formed organisation wasted no time in getting to work, with the two-day (10-11 December) International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Milano Cortina 2026 Delivery Partners Kick-off Meeting held in Milan. Featuring athletes, members of the local sports movement, representatives of the authorities
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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
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Ireland’s five-athlete team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang may have been its smallest since 2006 (just four in Sestriere) but this particularly young and inexperienced group did well in extremely testing conditions. Double Olympian Seamus O’Connor (20), who had competed in both half-pipe and slopestyle snowboard in Sochi, did remarkably well to
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Irish Team Schedule (Subject to Change) Feb 11 Pat McMillan Men’s Downhill Jeongseon Alpine Centre 11:00-13:05 Thomas Westgaard 15 km Skiathlon Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre 15:15-17:10 Feb 12 Tess Arbez Women’s Giant Slalom Yongpyong Alpine Centre 10:15-11:55 & 13:45-15:35 Feb 13 Thomas Westgaard Men’s Individual Sprint Classic Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre
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Seamus O Connor, Bubba Newby and Pat McMillan take to the course to loosen out before their official training sessions start in PyeongChang.
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