European Games 2023: Team Ireland Athletics Day 1

Today marked the first day of the European Games 2023 in Poland. A team of 120 athletes is representing Team Ireland at the games in Division 3. Team Ireland produced some great results today, with impressive performances from the athletes claiming crucial points for Ireland on the team rankings. Day 1: June 20 European Team Championships!🙌 🇮🇪Event Preview: https://t.co/PIV3dSz7dk ⚡Live …

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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 PacĂ©, 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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Another Championship for Kilkerrin-Clonberne, Bronze for Ireland at Cross Country Championships: Weekly Roundup

Bronze for senior women’s team at Spar European Cross Country Championships Ireland’s senior women’s team claimed bronze at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships yesterday (Dec. 11th) at La Mandria Park in Italy. Twins Eilish and Roisin Flanagan took 11th and 12th place and Mary Mulhare 27th, supported by Ann Marie McGlynn in 31st, Aoibhe Richardson in 46th, and Michelle …

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Bronze for Ireland’s Senior Women’s Team at European Cross Country Championships

Ireland’s senior women’s team won bronze at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships at La Mandria Park in Italy yesterday afternoon (Dec 11th), wiping out all memory of last year’s painful fourth-place finish at the championships hosted in Fingal-Dublin. Twin sisters Eilish and Roisin Flanagan crossed side-by-side in 11th and 12th place, and Mary Mulhare (27th) rounded out the scoring for …

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All You Need to Know Ahead of the European Cross Country Championships

An exciting Irish team of 40 athletes, made up of equal numbers of men and women, will take to Turin this weekend for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, at La Mandria Park on December 11th 2022. The Irish athletes will join over 550 competitors from 40 countries who are set to battle it out for …

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First Woman to Referee Men’s World Cup Match, WNL Salaries Introduced: Weekly Roundup

Best-Ever Finish for Ireland at Emirates Dubai 7s Team Ireland finished sixth overall in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the highest-ever finish for the squad. Ireland topped Pool C with three victories right out of the gate, beating Spain 21-7, Japan (31-24), and Fiji (24-17). The run of success ended with a 5-0 loss in the quarter-final when Ireland …

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Ciara Mageean withdraws from Irish European Cross Country Team

Ciara Mageean has been forced to withdraw from the Irish team set to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Italy on December 11th. Although disappointed, the Commonwealth Games 1500m silver medallist and her team have made the decision to withdraw from the event in order to recover from a recent illness and she will not travel to Turin. …

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Exciting Irish Team Selected for SPAR European Cross-Country Championships

European silver-medallist Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) heads an Irish squad stacked with Olympic and European championship experience which has been selected for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross-Country Championships which takes place at La Mandria Park, on the outskirts of Turin, on December 11th, 2022. Mageean is joined in the squad by fellow Olympians Michelle Finn …

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Dublin 2020 SPAR European Cross Country Championships Cancelled

European Athletics today confirmed the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships that was due to take place in Dublin, Ireland, on 13 December. As a part of yesterday’s Executive Board meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, European Athletics spoke with the Fingal-Dublin 2020 Local Organising Committee concerning the current COVID-19 situation in Ireland and the …

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