What You May Have Missed: National Athletics Championships
This past weekend marked the 150th Irish Life Health national track and field championships at Morton Stadium in Dublin. Despite the brutal weather, the weekend saw many amazing performances across all the disciplines. Limerick’s Sarah Lavin battled the 5.0 metres-per-second headwind to take home her seventh outdoor national title Saturday in the 100m hurdles. Lavin crossed the finish line in …
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19-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke Takes Gold in 100M Race by .01 Seconds
Rhasidat Adeleke flew in from Texas to take gold in the women’s 100M at the Irish Life Health National Senior Track and Field Championships, and is on her way to the Senior World Championships in Oregon this July. The highly anticipated sprinter came in first by exactly 11.68 seconds against her competitor Molly Scott, who came in just one …
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Jessica Campbell Makes Ice Hockey History
Canadian women’s ice hockey legend Jessica Campbell will make history this summer by becoming the first woman in the history of the Original Six franchises to serve as a development camp coach. Original Six refers to the only six teams in the National Hockey League that were a part of the NHL between 1942 and 1967. Those teams include: the …
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Stephanie Meadow’s Finishes Top 10 & Dubs Top Group A
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HerSport Editor
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June 28, 2022
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Athletics, Gaelic Football, Golf, Rugby, Video, Week In Review
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Athletics, Basketball, Diving, Golf, Irish rugby sevens, Ladies Football, LGFA, Stephanie Meadow, Video
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Irish National Athletics Championships This past weekend marked the 150th Irish Life Health national track and field championships at Morton Stadium in Dublin. The eventful weekend saw many amazing performances across all the disciplines. Limerick’s Sarah Lavin took home her 7th outdoor national title Saturday in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.06 crossing the finish line in front …
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Golf Ireland Announces International Teams for European Team Championships
Golf Ireland has announced the teams who will travel to a number of International events in the coming weeks, according to the Golf Ireland press release. While four teams have been selected to represent Ireland at the European Team Championships, the 6-person team to compete at the World University Championship and the players selected to play in the Junior Open …
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‘It was just one crew onto the slip after another with medals’
Last weekend, para rower Katie O’Brien took home the gold medal and set a new world record in the PR2 single sculls event at the World Cup II in Poznan, Poland. The Galway rower raced in her last individual event around three years ago, and has been training and preparing for her next race since. “It’s been obviously a frustrating …
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The Only Way is Up for Amy Broadhurst
Emma Connolly As her dad as her coach from the age of 5, and only brothers to spar against, Amy was born to box, and grew as tough as nails. In her last attempt at the World Championships in November 2018, Amy was hard done by in India by a controversial decision in the quarter final. She was well on …
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Local Teams Celebrate Pride with #LetsGetVisible Campaign
This week is Dublin Pride Health and Welling Being and athletes are celebrating Pride month with the #LetsGetVisible campaign, launched by Sport Ireland and Sporting Pride. Dr. Úna May, Chief Executive of Sport Ireland said, “Following the recent publication of our first Sport Ireland Policy on Diversity and Inclusion in Sport, campaigns such as this are an opportunity to …
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Transgender women banned from swim competition, FIFA announces review of gender guidelines
The world swimming governing body ruled to ban transgender women from competing in the women’s category of events on June 20, according to Associated Press AP News. FIFA announced it will be reviewing its gender guidelines, which may change transgender athletes eligibility to compete. This comes after FINA’s implementation of its “gender inclusion policy” and the suggestion of an …
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‘We’ll Have That Irish Underdog Mentality’
Ireland Hockey is gearing up for the Hockey Women’s World Cup starting July 1. The team is currently three games into the four game SoftCo series against Japan, and at the moment, the series is split—Japan winning the first game 2-0, and Ireland winning the second 1-0, and Japan winning the third 2-1. Team captain Katie Mullen, led the national …
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