Olympic Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay To Debut In 2024
World Athletics announced that a marathon race walk featuring 25 teams, each comprising one male and one female athlete, will complete the marathon distance (42.195km) in four legs of approximately equal distance, at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. Each athlete will complete two legs of just over 10km each, alternating male, female, male, female. According to World Athletics, the marathon …
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Sifan Hassan Stages Breathtaking Comeback To Win London Marathon
Sifan Hassan, the Olympic track champion won the the 2023 London Marathon in one of the most dramatic and unexpected finishes in the history of the race.
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Scottish Ultrarunner Disqualified from Race for Using Car
A Scottish ultrarunner who set a world record in February has been disqualified from a race for using a car for part of the route.
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World Athletics Ban Trans Women From International Competition
World Athletics, the governing body of track and field, has announced a decision to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from female events.
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Ruth Chepngetich defends Nagoya Women’s Marathon title and wins record $250,000
Ruth’s extraordinary solo run at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon awarded her with the biggest first prize in the world, US$250,000, for the second consecutive year. The Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2023 was held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, and Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya successfully defended her title, winning the women-only World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:18:08. Although she could …
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Strong finish from Team Ireland on final day of European Indoor Championships
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Grace Fisher
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March 6, 2023
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Team Ireland signed off the European Athletics Indoor Championships in style today, with both Sarah Lavin (6th in 60m hurdles) and the women’s 4x400m team (5th) securing top-six-placings on the final day of Istanbul 2023 (March 5th). Sarah Lavin (Emerald AC) finished 6th in the 60m hurdles final. Running from lane 8, Lavin crossed in a time of 8.03, maintaining her …
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Rhasidat Adeleke: “Maybe that comes down to me not knowing my limits yet.”
Rhasidat Adeleke is nowhere near her peak in her athletics career. In 2022, the 20-year-old athlete broke 5 Irish records; The indoor 60m, 200m and 300m and the outdoor 200m and 400m. In only her 6th race over 400m not only did she break a national record, she only narrowly missed out on a medal coming 5th in her debut …
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Mawdsley, O’Connor advance in European Indoor Championships
Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) advanced to the semi-final of the 400m at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul this morning. Mawdsley placed sixth overall in the heats, clocking a time of 52.59 to come home just behind Austrian Gogl-Walli. The Tipperary athlete boasts a personal best of 51.91 and never looked like missing out on one of the two automatic …
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The 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships: Who to watch
The Irish team have arrived in Istanbul ahead of the European Athletics Indoor Championships which take place from March 2nd – 5th 2023. Ireland will have fifteen athletes (nine women and six men), including a relay team, taking to European competition across the busy four-day schedule. The Irish team boasts plenty of international experience including two-time European World Indoor 60m Hurdles finalist …
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Team Ireland selected for European Throwing Cup
Athletics Ireland have selected a team of 6 athletes to compete at the European Throwing Cup to be held in Leiria, Portugal on March 11th & 12th. ✨2023 European Throwing Cup Selections✨ Athletics Ireland have selected a team of 6 athletes to compete at the European Throwing Cup to be held in Leiria, Portugal on March 11th & 12th⤵️https://t.co/5jYlheZ68w pic.twitter.com/b78m7tDOTy — Athletics …
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