Everything You Need To Know About The VHI Mini Marathon 2023
The 2023 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon takes place this Bank Holiday Sunday 4th June and is the largest event of its kind in the world! The event always has great atmosphere, excitement and joy, as thousands of people take to the streets of Dublin for the annual 10km. While entries are officially closed, late entries will be accepted on a …
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Rhasidat Adeleke smashes own 400m national record
Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght A.C.) has obliterated her own Irish 400m record at the NCAA Division 1 Prelims West in Sacramento, California in the early hours of yesterday morning (May 28th). Competing for a place in next month’s NCAA Finals in Austin, Adeleke produced a scintillating quarter-final performance to advance with ease, winning her race in an extraordinary time of 49.54. …
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Mageean retakes Irish 800m record in 1.59.27
Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn A.C.) produced the performance of her life over 800m to break Louise Shanahan’s national record at the British Milers Club meet in Manchester this evening (May 27th). The Portaferry native crossed the line in 1.59.27 to knock 0.15s off the record Leevale A.C.’s Shanahan had set in Belfast in May 2022. Mageean had previously set …
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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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May 20, 2023
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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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