12-Year Old Emer McKee Breaks Her Own 5K World Best

HerSport Editor
June 27, 2021
Athletics
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12-year old Belfast schoolgirl, Emer McKee has set a new age-group world best of 16:27 in the 5K.

”It’s Been A Dream For 7 Years” | Sarah Lavin’s Olympic Dreams Are Well Within Reach

HerSport Editor
June 21, 2021
Athletics, Olympics
100M Hurdles, Athletics, Sarah Lavin, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Olympics 2020, World Athletics Continental Tour
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Sarah Lavin produced a performance of a lifetime in Madrid over the weekend and looks set to win a seat on the plane to Tokyo Olympics. On Saturday night, the Limerick athlete became only the second Irish woman in history to break 13 seconds for 100m hurdles. She clocked 12.95 to finish second at the World Continental Tour event. Lavin …

Personal Best Set By Sarah Healy As She Storms To Victory In Sweden

Gavin Dalton
June 3, 2021
Athletics
1500m, Athletics, Ciara Neville, Irish Athletes, Personal Best, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin
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Sarah Healy enjoyed an impressive victory in the 1500m last night at the Folksam Grand Prix in Gothenburg, as she set a personal best of 4:07.78.

New Record And Gold For Streimikyte At The Para European Championships

Alanna Cunnane
June 2, 2021
Athletics
1500m T13, Bydgoszcz, Clonliffe Harriers, Greta Streimikyte, Mary FitzGerald, Niamh McCarthy, Poland, World Para Athletics European Championships
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1500m runner Greta Streimikyte set a new European record and collected top spot at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Poland, with teammate Mary FitzGerald picking up a bronze in the F40 Shot Put.

Healy Shines in Sunny Belfast With A New Personal Best

HerSport Editor
May 31, 2021
Athletics
400m, Athletics, Irish Athletes, Michelle Finn, Phil Healy, Ruby Millet, Saragh Buggy, Sophie Becker
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It was a triumphant weekend for some of Ireland’s top athletic stars at the Irish Milers meet in Belfast on Saturday. Phil Healy sparkled by running her fastest 400 metres race, adding more ranking points towards Tokyo Olympic qualification in the process. Healy came to the track determined to maximise the ranking points, and so she did: winning the 400m in …

Rhasidat Adeleke Breaks Irish 200m Record In Manhattan

Gavin Dalton
May 17, 2021
Athletics
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The Olympics beckons for Rhasidat Adeleke after her performance over the weekend saw her overtake Phil Healy as the fastest Irish woman in history over 200m. The talented 18 year old continued her rich vein of form in Manhattan at the Big 12 Conference Championships– the University of Texas student clocking 22.96 seconds in her heat of the 200 meters …