Diamond League preview : Lavin and Healy looking to do the business in Doha
Sarah Lavin and Sarah Healy are among the Irish athletes who will compete in the latest Diamond League outing in Doha, Qatar. Coverage of the competition will start at 5pm Irish time on Virgin Media 2, with a feast of action in store for onlookers. Healy will participate in the women’s 1500m come 7:34 pm local time or 5:34 pm …
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What Rhasidat Adeleke says in that viral post race interview everyone is talking about
What Rhasidat Adeleke says in that viral post race interview following the World Relay Championships over the weekend has social media reeling over the Tallaght woman’s enthusiastic aura, sensational work ethic and unrivalled mindset. In reality though, if you’ve followed her journey for a while, you’ll know all of this comes as no surprise. The 21 year old sprinter helped …
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Irish Women’s and Mixed Relay Teams Set National Records to Qualify for Olympics
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Grace Fisher
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May 5, 2024
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Athletics
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Cillin Greene, Mixed 4x400m Relay, Paris Olympics, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Thomas Barr, Women's 4x400m, World Athletics Relay
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It was a night of glory for Ireland as both the women’s and mixed 4×400 relay teams qualified for the Paris Olympics by winning their heats at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas. Remarkably, both teams also broke the current Irish records. The top two teams in each heat automatically qualify for the Olympics regardless of the final result …
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IRISH AIM TO SEAL OLYMPIC SPOTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS
Nassau in the Bahamas is the venue this weekend (May 4th & 5th) as Ireland aim to qualify their Mixed 4x400m and Women’s 4x400m relay teams for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The two Irish teams will be competing at the World Athletics Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium where the top fourteen teams will advance to Paris. On …
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Rhasidat Adeleke runs fastest ever 100m by an Irish female athlete
Rhasidat Adeleke clocked 10.84 to win the 100m at the Texas Invitational in Austin Saturday — the fastest time ever for an Irish female athlete, though it won’t be an official record with 3.5 metres/second wind assistance (the limit is 2.0). 21-year-old Adeleke was significantly ahead of the talented field: American Celera Barnes ran 10.94, 2019 200m world champion Dina …
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Alexis Ohanian To Launch The Highest Paying Women’s Track Event
Billionaire entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and the husband of tennis legend Serena Williams, has announced that his venture capital firm Seven Seven Six will host the 776 Invitational, in partnership with Olympic medalist Gabby Thomas. The event will take place at the end of September, after the Olympics in Paris and will have the largest prize pool on record …
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Rhasidat Adeleke Shines in 200m At Mt Sac Relays
Rhasidat Adeleke had another impressive performance at the Mt Sac Relays in California on Saturday, 20 April. The 21-year-old athlete from Dublin secured an impressive second place in the 200m race with a time of 22.61, racing against two esteemed world champions. Adeleke’s training partner Julien Alfred, the reigning world indoor 60m champion, clinched victory with a time of 22.58. …
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Jepchirchir smashes women’s-only world record to win London Marathon
Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya smashed the marathon world record for a women’s-only competition when she stormed to the finish of the London Marathon in 2:16.16. The category requires that a course be run without any male athletes in competition on the course and is tracked separately than the standard women’s record, set at 2:11.53 by Tigist Assefa of …
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The History of the London Marathon ahead of the 44th annual edition this weekend
The history of the London Marathon stretches back to 1981, with the 44th edition set to take place this Sunday, the 21st of April 2024. This weekend’s start time is scheduled for 9:40am and staggered from there for the different races, with an estimated cut off time of eight hours after the final competitor has begun. The route participants will …
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‘He definitely shaped me…he won’t be ever forgotten’ Rhasidat Adeleke pays tribute to late athletics coach Johnny Fox
Aside from her generational talent, if there’s one thing that can be said for famed Irish sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke it’s that she’s very proud of the place she’s from, and the people that have shaped her along the way. That reality was unquestionably on show yesterday, as she took the time to pay an emotional tribute to her former coach, …
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