OCI President Pat Hickey welcomed Chef de Mission Martin Burke and Team Ireland to a Nanjing 2014 Team Day in Howth Yacht Club.
Presentations and interactive sessions on all aspects of preparations for Nanjing were discussed in detail with athletes , support personnel, and parents in preparation for Nanjing 2014.
Ireland’s star performer at the Sochi Games, 17 year old Seamus O’Connor was interviewed by Stephen Martin (Team Ireland Chef de Mission in Sochi) on his experiences as a 16 year old competing in his first Olympic Games. OCI Medical experts also shared their Olympic Games experiences and discussed performance support for Nanjing 2014.
Team Ireland leave shortly for their pre Games training camp – 7th – 14th August at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, before transferring to the Youth Olympic Games Village in Nanjing.
The Nanjing 2014 Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre stadium at 20:00 on 16 August 2014, with competition starting on the 17th August.
Ireland are represented by 16 athletes in 7 sports, with 14 performance support staff.
Athletes as follows:
Athletics: Adam King (Hammer), Roseanna McGuckian (200m), Louise Shanahan (800m), Eoin Sheridan (discus), Michaela Walsh (shotput)
Boxing: Michael Gallagher, Christina Desmond, Ciara Ginty
Canoeing: Robert Hendrick
Equestrian: Michael Duffy
Golf: Kevin Le Blanc, Olive Mehaffey
Rowing: Eimear Lambe
Swimming: Laoise Fleming, Dearbhail McNamara, Calum Bain
Support Staff: Martin Burke (Chef de Mission), Gary Power (Athletics), Stephen Connolly and Billy McClean (Boxing), Eoin Rheinisch (Canoeing), John Leddingham (Equestrian), Dave Kearney (Golf), Clare Cox (Rowing), Pearse McGuigan (Swimming), Dr Dave Fegan/Dr Rod McLoughlin, Sinead Murphy and Niamh Maguire (Medical), and Leah Ewart (Team Ireland Young Ambassador and 2010 Singapore Youth Olympian)
Previous information:
https://olympics.ie/youth-games/yog-nanjing-2014/10082-team-ireland-nanjing-2014-preparations.html
Cover article photo: President of the Olympic Council of Ireland Pat Hickey with some of the members of the Youth Olympic Team, from left to right, Adam King, Athletics, Eoin Sheridan, Athletics, Eimear Lambe, Rowing, Seamus O’Connor, Snowboarding, Martin Burke, Team Ireland Chef de Mission Ciara Ginty, Boxing, Calum Bain, Swimming, Michael Duffy, Equestrian, and Michael Gallagher, Boxing. Front row, from left to right, Louise Shanahan, Athletics, Rosanne McGuckian, Athletics, Christina Desmond, Boxing, Michaela Walsh, Athletics, and Laoise Fleming, Swimming, in attendance at an Nanjing Youth Olympic Team Day. Howth Yacht Club, Howth, Co, Dublin. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE Ireland
