Elizabeth Ndudi smashes Irish Long Jump record
Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dublin AC) broke the National Senior Long Jump record Saturday evening (April 13th) in Illinois. Competing at the Gary Wieneke Memorial, Ndudi was representing the University of Illinois where she is currently studying business. The European U20 champion jumped a best of 6.68m in the first round and showed impressive consistency jumping 6.67m later in the …
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Win A Gym For Your Sports Club (Valued at €10K!), Courtesy Of Optimum Nutrition
You know that post-training session ache that’s weirdly satisfying? The way that run or weights session leaves you happily sore, or that pre-sunrise spin class that makes you feel like you could conquer Everest (well, maybe not Everest, but definitely that pesky hill on the way to work). We all have that potential, that “more of you in you” as …
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World Athletics Becomes First International Sports Federation To Award Prize Money For Olympic Gold Medalists
World Athletics has made a groundbreaking decision that could potentially clash with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by breaking 128 years of Olympic tradition. The organization announced that it will be the first international sports federation to award prize money to athletes for winning a gold medal at the Games. Commencing with the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, track and …
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Nicola Tuthill extends own Irish U23 hammer throw record
Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) has extended her own Irish U23 record today (April 6th). Competing at the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships, Tuthill took victory with a new personal best throw of 68.65m. The throw adds eighty centimetres to her previous Irish U23 record, which she set at the European Team Championships in Chorzow, Poland in June of last …
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Rhasidat Adeleke Smashed A 4x200M World Record But Here’s Why It Didn’t Officially Count
Irish track sensation Rhasidat Adeleke and her three teammates, Julien Alfred, Lanae-Tava Thomas and Dina Asher-Smith set a new 4x200m world relay time at the 96th edition of the Texas Relays on Saturday, 30 March 2024 – smashing a long-standing world record time. Setting A New World Record Having been on a scholarship at the University of Texas since 2021, …
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Anna Gardiner has run to remember on 18th birthday at World Cross Country Championships
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Grace Fisher
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March 30, 2024
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Athletics
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Anna Gardiner, Asayech Ayichew, Beatrice Chebet, Danielle Donegan, Fiona Everard, Kirsty Maher, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Margaret Chelimo, Marta Alemayo, Robe Dida, World Cross Country Championships
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Anna Gardiner (East Down AC) and Kirsty Maher (Moy Valley AC) finished inside the top 40 in the U20 Women’s race at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia today (March 30th). In sweltering conditions in the city’s Friendship Park, the Irish duo worked with each other magnificently to optimise their finishing position and were rewarded for doing so, …
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Team Ireland Belgrade Bound For World Cross Country Championships
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HerSport Editor
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March 27, 2024
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Athletics
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Anna Gardiner, Athletics, Belgrade, Danielle Donegan, Fiona Everard, Harry Colbert, Hugh Armstrong, Irish Athletics, Keelan Kilrehill, Kirsty Maher, Seamus Robinson, World Cross Country Championships
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Eight Irish athletes will represent Ireland at this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships which are taking place in Belgrade on Saturday March 30th. All the action will be broadcast live on Virgin Media 2 from 9.50am. 432 athletes from 51 teams will descend upon Friendship Park in the Serbian capital as they battle out for global cross country honours. A …
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Jasmin Paris makes history as first woman to complete infamous Barkley Marathons
40-year-old British ultrarunner Jasmin Paris made history Friday when she became the first woman to complete the infamous Barkley Marathons, making it to the finish just 99 seconds before the 60-hour cutoff. The Barkley Marathons, considered by many to be the world’s hardest race, covers 100 miles and 60,000 feet of rise and descent. What an incredible achievement #JasminParis pic.twitter.com/LVFDDUee2d …
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Eight Athletes To Represent Ireland At World Cross Country Championships
Athletics Ireland has selected eight athletes to represent Ireland at the World Cross Country Championships that take place in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday 30th March. Fiona Everard (Bandon AC) and Danielle Donegan (Tullamore Harriers AC) will once again don the green singlet in the Senior Women’s 10,000m race. Everard caused a major surprise when she became 123.ie national senior cross …
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Nicola Tuthill claims U23 silver at European Throwing Cup
Nicola Tuthill has won a silver medal in the U23 Hammer Throw Final at the European Throwing Cup in Portugal Sunday afternoon (March 10th). It marks the second year in a row that Tuthill has claimed the U23 Hammer Throw silver at the event. 2023 saw Tuthill become the first Irish athlete ever to win a medal at the European Throwing …
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