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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Watch: Rhasidat Adeleke Breaks Irish National Record With 13th Fastest Time In The World Ever
Rhasidat Adeleke broke her own Irish national record in the women’s indoor 400 metres, this time winning the Big 12 Conference final in Lubbock, Texas with a time of 50.33 seconds
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Irish Team for Indoor European Championships Announced
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Grace Fisher
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February 23, 2023
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Athletics
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123.ie, Cliodhna Manning, European Indoors Championships, Joan Healy, Kate O'Connor, Miriam Daly, Molly Scott, Niamh Murray, Phil Healy, Sarah Lavin, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker
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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
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Grace Fisher
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February 22, 2023
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Athletics
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Elizabeth Ndudi, Emma Moore, Hannah Murray, Kate Connell, Lucy May Sleeman, Lucy McGlynn, Niamh Murray, Okwu Backari, Saoirse Fitzgerald, U23 Athletics
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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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Check Out All The Photos From The Her Sport Awards!
Lights, camera, action!Tonight the Her Sport Awards returned to UCD Astra Hall presented by Her Sport founder Niamh Tallon with broadcaster Gráinne McElwain as our amazing MC for the night.
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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
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Grace Fisher
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January 19, 2023
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Athletics
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Anna Gardiner, Athletics Ireland, Avril Millerick, Belgian World Cross Country Tour, Claragh Keane, European Cross-Country Championships, Fiona Everard, Fiona McKenna, Fionnuala Ross, Hannah Gilliland, Lauren Tinkler, Louise O'Mahony, Lucy Holmes, Roise Roberts
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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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