Ciara Mageean withdraws from Irish European Cross Country Team
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Neasa Kennedy
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December 5, 2022
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Athletics
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Ann Marie McGlynn, Aoibhe Richardson, Ciara Mageean, Eilish Flanagan, European Cross Country, European Cross-Country Championships, Irish Athletes, Mary Mulhare, Michelle Finn, Roisin Flanagan
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Ciara Mageean has been forced to withdraw from the Irish team set to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Italy on December 11th. Although disappointed, the Commonwealth Games 1500m silver medallist and her team have made the decision to withdraw from the event in order to recover from a recent illness and she will not travel to Turin. …
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“It was a harder race than I expected”: 2nd Place for Caitriona Jennings in JFK 50 Mile
Caitriona Jennings placed second in the women’s race in the JFK 50 Mile Ultramarathon Saturday Nov. 19th. Her time of 6:28:53 was the 8th fastest on the course ever for a woman, and a new masters (40 and over) record. Still, there was a gap of over 20 minutes between her and Sarah Biehl, the first-place finisher for women. Biehl’s …
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2nd for Jennings in Ultramarathon, Biggest ever payday for Maguire- Weekend Roundup
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Grace Fisher
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November 21, 2022
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Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Golf, Gymnastics, Motorsport, Week In Review
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2023 ICC T20 World Cup, Basketball Super League, Belfast Star, Caitriona Jennings, Ciara Mageean, Cliona Darcy, CME Group Tour Championship, DBS Eanna, Dearbhla Tinnelly, Dublin City Harriers, Eilish McColgan, F1 Academy, Fr. Matthews, Halle Hinton, JFK 50 Mile, Killester, Laura Moran, Lauren Tinkler, Leona Maguire, Lily Russell, Liz McColgan, Lydia Ko, Michelle Finn, Moycullen, National Cross Country Championships 2022, Northern European Gymnastics Championships, Rebecca Kavanagh, Sarah Healy, T201 series, Trinity Meteors, University of Galway Maree, World Youth Boxing Championships
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National Cross Country Championships- First Senior Title for Healy Sarah Healy claimed her first national senior title at the National Cross Country Championships in Donegal this weekend in the 8000m, besting European silver medallist Ciara Mageean by 15 seconds with a time of 27:05– though Mageean still impressed as she ran much of the last lap with only one spike. …
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Courtney McGuire: National marathon champ on debut
At just 23-years-old and on her marathon debut, Courtney McGuire achieved greatness in this years Dublin Marathon. McGuire crossed the line with a time of 2:32:50, that put her straight in at seventh on the Irish women’s all-time list. McGuire finished third overall behind Ethiopians Nigist Muluneh (2:28.31) and Hawi Alemu Negeri (2:29.33) and was finished first nationally. “I’m still …
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“I Don’t Feel Like I Have a Lot to Lose”: Caitriona Jennings to run JFK 50 Mile Saturday
The JFK 50 Mile, America’s oldest ultramarathon, is famously difficult. The 13-mile section on the Appalachian trail is enough to make even Olympian Caitriona Jennings nervous — but nonetheless, she’ll be on the starting line for its 60th running on Saturday the 19th. When she was deciding whether to do the race, she received encouragement from Sarah Cummings, who won …
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Vartry Angling Club Ladies Opening Day
The Vartry Angling Club is hosting a fly-fishing Ladies Opening Day on Sunday November 6th, 2022 from 10am to 3:30pm. In association with the Wicklow Sports and Recreation Partnership, Wicklow County Council and Wicklow Town Municipal District, the Vartry Angling Club is hosting a one-day-only event for ladies and girls at all stages and ages to try out fly …
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Marathon Legend Mary Nolan Reflects on Running the Lap of the Map at 65, Completing Every Dublin Marathon, and How Much Athletics has Changed in 50 Years
Mary Nolan’s been running for a long time: since 1968, in fact, when she started as a sprinter. Since then the 70-year-old has run the infamous Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara desert, ran the entire coast of Ireland at 65, and completed over 70 marathons, including every Dublin marathon since the race’s inception in 1980. Ahead of her 41st …
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70-year-old Who’s Run Every Dublin Marathon Since 1980 Shares Her Tips for Newcomers
Mary Nolan has been running the Dublin Marathon every year since its creation in 1980; on Sunday Oct. 30th, she will take to the start line for the 41st time, the only woman to have done every Dublin Marathon. In a recent conversation with Her Sport, the 70-year-old shares some advice for those about to run the marathon for the …
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Nataliya Lehonkova Looks to Win Dublin Marathon a Third Time
Previous two-time winner Nataliya Lehonkova of Ukraine will head the elite women’s field at the 2022 Irish Life Dublin Marathon. In 2017 she set a personal best (PB) of 2:28.58 to win the Dublin Marathon, having also won in 2015. Lehonkova has been training in Austria after fleeing the war and will be looking to become a three-time winner when …
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Irish sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley: “I was running for fun, and then I got a small bit better as I got older and I wouldn’t have known that if I dropped out of the sport”
Sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley was part of the women’s 4x400m relay team that broke a national record at this Summer’s European Championships, crossing the line with a time of 3:26.06. “It was obviously unreal that we broke the national record. I think we all did go in trusting our abilities and we knew we could produce a really good time. I …
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