Caitlyn Jenner Vocalises Disapproval After Transgender Teen Finishes 2nd In Track Race
Caitlyn Jenner has regularly spoken out against transgender women participating in women’s athletics. This past weekend, she vocalised her disapproval after a transgender teen finished in second place in a girls’ race at the CIF-North Coast Section Meet of Champions in California over the weekend. The transgender teen, Athena Ryan, came second in the varsity girls’ 1600m run finals on …
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Three Women Join Squad To Represent Ireland At European 10 000m Cup
A team of seven athletes has been selected by Athletics Ireland to compete at the European 10,000m Cup. The competition will take place in Pacé, France, on Saturday 3 June 2023. According to Athletics Ireland, the 2023 European 10,000m Cup is considered to be a “Performance Development event that can provide leading distance athletes with an opportunity to pursue qualification …
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Lizzie Lee digs deep to win national 5k title
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Grace Fisher
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May 20, 2023
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Athletics
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Athletics Ireland, Cliona Murphy, Dublin City Harriers, Dunboyne, Ellen Moran, Galway City Harriers, Irish Runner 5k, Leevale AC, Lizzie Lee, Raheny Shamrocks
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“They have speed and I have no speed, so the only thing I can do is go as hard as I could.” Lizzie Lee (Leevale A.C.) showed her class as she won the national 5k title in the Phoenix Park today (May 20th). Over one thousand participants took part in the Irish Runner 5k, marking the first race in the …
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400m Victory For Rhasidat Adeleke At The Big 12 Championships
Rhasidat Adeleke claimed victory at the Big 12 Championships in Oklahoma over the weekend. The 20-year-old ran 50.58, beating her University of Texas teammate, Kennedy Simon (51.22) to claim top spot. This was Adeleke’s second 400M title at the Big 12 Conference, having won the title for Texax in in Lubbock, Texas in February. https://twitter.com/Track_Gazette/status/1657811319846780933?s=20 It continues the astonishing trajectory …
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Triumph for Louise Shanahan, Sharlene Mawdsley at Belfast Irish Miler Meet
A year after setting the Irish 800m record at the Belfast Irish Miler Meet, Cork’s Louise Shanahan has once again won that race, with Ciara Mageean taking fourth. With 1:59:53, Shanahan was just .11 seconds outside that record time. England’s Abigail Ives took second with a personal best of 1:59.92. Isabelle Boffey took third with 2:00.18, just ahead of Mageean …
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Transgender Sprinter Halba Diouf’s Determined To Fight Olympic Ban
French sprinter Halba Diouf’s has expressed that she feels marginalised and hounded after the World Athletics (WA) announced in March that the WA governing body has banned transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events, leaving Diouf’s Olympic dreams shattered. WA explained their decision was based on the “need to protect the female category.” “I …
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Athletes To Watch Out For At The Belfast IMC This Weekend
Several of Ireland’s top athletes will compete at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet at Mary Peters Track this weekend. The meet on 13 May will serve as a chance for the athletes to lay down a marker for the season ahead which culminates in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest from 19-27 August 2023. Last year saw Louise Shanahan (Leevale …
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Dublin Marathon Introduces Transfer Option And Several Initiatives Driving Inclusivity
The Dublin Marathon has introduced a transfer system, which will allow runners to officially pass their entry to someone else. A few other changes have also been introduced including several initiatives designed to encourage more women to take part and also a new non-binary entry category for the event this year. With entries sold out so far in advance for …
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Sonia O’Sullivan Honoured at Historic Penn Relays
Sonia O’Sullivan has been honoured with induction into the Wall of Fame of the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field event in the world. The carnival in Philadelphia has taken place since 1895, and attracts around 15,000 athletes and thousands more fans (the largest attendance on record took place in 2010, when 54,000 people came to see …
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Olympic Champion Tori Bowie Dies at 32
Three-time Olympic medalist and world champion American sprinter, Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie, has died at the age of 32. Her death was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by U.S.A. Track and Field, which provided no other details. Fellow Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wrote on Twitter: “My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. …
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