Youth Games

STRONG SUPER-G SHOWING ROUNDS OUT THE IRISH EYOF CAMPAIGN

YOUTH MULTI-SPORT EVENT COMES TO A CLOSE Team Ireland’s Ethan Bouchard and Eábha McKenna completed their final event on the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) schedule yesterday, competing well in the Super-G. Both competitions took place on Monte Lussari, just outside Tarvisio, on the same piste as the other Alpine races earlier this week. The

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AGGRESSIVE RACING FROM BOUCHARD ON A DEMANDING COURSE

27 January 2023 Aggressive racing from Team Ireland’s Ethan Bouchard fell short, with a crash in the final gates of the second run in the demanding Giant Slalom (GS) course. The seventeen-year-old Alpine Skier was representing West Cork today at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in Italy. Similar to yesterday’s Girl’s GS,

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PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCE FOR MCKENNA AT EYOF 

WICKLOW SKIER RISES TO OCCASION IN ITALY  Team Ireland’s Eábha McKenna returned to the slopes in Tarvisio, Italy to compete in the Girl’s Giant Slalom (GS) event today at the European Youth Olympic Festival. The Wicklow teenager was competing in the Girl’s Giant Slalom where she finished 42nd with a time of 3:02.79. The sixteen-year-old

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TEAM IRELAND ALPINE SKIERS SET FOR EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL IN ITALY

Northern Italian territory of Friuli Venezia Giulia to host youth Games Kicking off an action-packed year for the Olympic Federation of Ireland, will be two Alpine Skiers at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Italy this month. The multi-sport event, run in conjunction with the European Olympic Committees (EOC) is aimed at athletes aged

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RHASIDAT ADELEKE WINS RTE YOUNG SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022

Rhasidat Adeleke was named Young Sportsperson of the Year, after announcing herself on the world stage with a blistering run in the final of the women’s 400m at the European Championship in Munich, finishing fifth, and breaking her own new Irish record she set in May. The 19-year-old Dubliner, who is also an OFI Paris Scholarship recipient,

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Final Results from EYOF Banska Bystrica

FINAL RESULTS Athletics (11 top tens) BRONZE Boy’s 1500m – Sean Cronin Final 3rd with 4:02.81 4th Girl’s 800m Heats – Nicole Dinan Heats 2:12.27 (PB), Finals – 4th with 2:12.92 4th Girl’s 3000m Final – Clodagh Gill Final 9:47.25 (PB) 4th Boy’s 3000m Final – Cormac Dixon Finals 8:28.62 5th Boy’s 200m – Toby

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DIXON PIPPED FOR MEDAL IN THE 3000M FINAL AT EYOF

A busy morning for Team Ireland at the Sport Park Athletics stadium in Banska Bystrica saw the cream of Ireland’s young athletes stamp their mark at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Slovakia. Throughout the competition athletes were fielded across seven sports, with all eyes on the athletics field for the remaining days of the

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PBS FALL AND TOP CLASS PERFORMANCES

Another busy day for Team Ireland athletes at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Banska Bystrica, saw fifteen athletes compete across four sports, with 800m runner Nicole Dinan coming close to a medal, finishing in fourth, while Sam Coleman finished tenth in the sprint finish of the Boy’s Road Race, ensuring the cycling team

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DAY THREE ACTION AT EYOF

Team Ireland Athletes Continue to Shine in Slovakia Following on from Sean Cronin’s sensational bronze medal run yesterday, a quieter day of action for Team Ireland saw Irish competition in athletics, badminton, gymnastics, judo and tennis at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Banska Bystrica which runs from the 25 – 30 July.  Athletics

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MEDAL ALERT: BRONZE MEDAL FOR CRONIN AT EYOF

Full day of action for Team Ireland in Slovakia Sean Cronin stormed home in third place on the second day of racing for Team Ireland at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Banska Bystrica. In what was a full day of action for Irish athletes, top performances across the board saw athletes perform and

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