International Entry Opens For The World’s Largest Women’s Marathon
International entry opens for the world’s largest women’s marathon, the Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2024, today, August 14, 2023. Launched in 2012, with 13,114 participants, the Nagoya Women’s Marathon is certified by Guinness World Records as the largest women’s marathon in the world. It holds the World Athletics Platinum label status, meaning it has been recognized for its ‘excellent organisation and …
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Elizabeth Ndudi Wins Gold At The European U20 Championships
Elizabeth Ndudi wins gold in the Long Jump at the European U20 Championships today, August 10, becoming Ireland’s first ever field medalist at those championships. Ndudi sets a new Irish U20 record with a jump of 6.56m, shattering the previous record of 6.44m, also held by her. “I was really happy because I had this goal to get into those …
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Dublin Double At The Fingal 10k – Irish Life Dublin Race Series
Photo Credit: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse) pulled off a big Dublin double at the Fingal 10km in Swords, Sunday, July 16, the second race in the Irish Life Dublin Race Series. Hickey was thrilled to win the women’s title after losing most of last year to injury. “I was training for the Irish Life Dublin Marathon but picked …
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The European Court Of Human Rights Ruled In The Favor Of The Two-Time Olympic Champion Caster Semenya
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in the favor of the two-time Olympic champion, Caster Semenya, over the rules governing testosterone levels in female athletes in competitions. Semenya, who has hyperandrogenism, or a genetically higher level of testosterone, was banned from international competitions in the female category between the distances of 400m to the mile by World Athletics in …
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Irish sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley: “I was running for fun, and then I got a small bit better as I got older and I wouldn’t have known that if I dropped out of the sport”
Sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley was part of the women’s 4x400m relay team that broke a national record at this Summer’s European Championships, crossing the line with a time of 3:26.06. “It was obviously unreal that we broke the national record. I think we all did go in trusting our abilities and we knew we could produce a really good time. I …
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SHANAHAN AND 4X400M RELAY TEAM SECURE EUROPEAN FINAL PLACES
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HerSport Editor
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August 19, 2022
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Athletics
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400m, 800m, atheltics, European Championships, Louise Shanahan, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Running, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker
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It was another superb morning for the Irish team in Munich, with Louise Shanahan (800m) and the women’s 4x400m relay team of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, and Sharlene Mawdsley securing places in their respective European Athletics Championship finals. The women’s 4x400m relay team earned their place in tomorrow’s final in a new national record time of 3.26.06 which smashed …
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Irish Advance in the European Championships
The morning session of day 4 at the European Athletics Championships in Munich has been another hugely successful one for Team Ireland, with another 2 female athletes progressing to the next stage of their respective competitions. Irish 800m record holder, Louise Shanahan, advanced from her 800m heat with a brilliantly judged 3rd place finish in 2:02.80 to go through to tomorrow’s semi-final …
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