Team Ireland Ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships

An exciting Irish team have begun to arrive 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 …

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Irish Team for Indoor European Championships Announced

Athletics Ireland have announced an exciting team of sixteen athletes set to compete at the upcoming European Indoor Championships which take place in Istanbul from March 2nd – 5th 2023. The selection came the same day insurance company 123.ie were officially announced as the new official kit sponsor of Irish athletics, doubling down on their existing multi-annual six figure sponsorship of Athletics Ireland which began …

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Team Ireland to race in DNA U20 meet today

Team Ireland arrived in Spain yesterday (February 21st) ahead of the 2023 DNA U20 meet, taking place in Madrid this morning. Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) is a European Athletics initiative which will see 6 nations compete against each other in a two-hour long team competition.  The match, which will take place at midday in Madrid’s Gallur Municipal Sports Centre, will …

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It’s Senior Indoor Championships Weekend! Here’s who to watch

The stars of Irish athletics will descend upon the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena this weekend for what promises to be a thrilling two days of competition at the 123.ie National Senior Indoor Championships (February 18th & 19th). This year’s championships will showcase some of Ireland’s best athletics talent, many of whom will be will be looking to continue their early season form …

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Fastest-ever opener for Sarah Lavin in 60m Hurdle in Aarhus

On Wednesday Sarah Lavin won her 60m hurdle heat in just 8.02 seconds at the 2023 Aarhus Sprint’N’Jump in Denmark, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze event. 8.02 seconds is the fastest-ever season opener for the Limerick hurdler, and her second-fastest time ever; she was only .05 seconds from her personal best of 7.97 seconds. It also marks the eighth …

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World Athletics Proposes New Guidelines for Transgender Athletes

World Athletics has proposed continuing to allow transgender women to compete in women’s events, but tightening eligibility rules for those races based on testosterone levels. The global track and field governing organisation has submitted a document outlining proposed policy to national member federations as part of a consultation process. A vote will follow in March. In a statement World Athletics …

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Rhasidat Adeleke Breaks own Irish 200M Record

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) broke her own Irish 200m indoor record with a world leading time of 22.52 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque in the early hours of Sunday morning. Adeleke’s winning time was more than three-tenths of a second faster than her previous record of 22.85, set in Albuquerque last February.  It moved the …

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Irish Team Announced for World Cross Country Tour in Belgium

The Belgian city of Hannut is gearing up for its World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting on Sunday January 22nd, where a strong Irish team of 24 athletes (13 male and 11 female) will take the opportunity to gain experience of Belgium cross country conditions ahead of next year’s European Cross Country Championships which take place in Brussels on …

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