MAGEEAN RETURNS TO 1500M ACTION IN BRUSSELS

Ciara Mageean will take her place in a stacked 1500m Diamond League race in Brussels this evening, Friday September 2nd. It will be Mageean’s first appearance since her superb silver medal winning display at the European Championships in Munich last month. The Portaferry star will renew rivalry with Scotland’s Laura Muir, with the pair also joined by five other athletes …

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‘I wanted something to bring back to my mom’ | Meet Adeyemi Talabi

Adeyemi Talabi has been running for as long as she can remember. The Longford native joined her club when she was six years old and she now also runs at The University of Texas at Arlington where she competes in the 100m, 200m and long jump. At the beginning of May, Talabi hit two PBs at the same outdoor meet …

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‘The Bar Will Always Win’ | Meet Una Brice

For Una Brice, Athletics has always been a part of her life. Her godfather was a discus thrower for Ireland, and went on to attend college in the United States on a scholarship, so when Brice’s father asked her if she wanted to get into athletics, she immediately said yes. The 18 year old is both a sprinter and a …

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It’s Like Being At The Beach | Meet Leagh Moloney

At just 15 years old, Leagh Moloney is as dedicated to her sport as any adult athlete. The Limerick native decided to give athletics a try when she was young, after her older sister got a scholarship to college in the United States. “My sister did athletics before me,” said Moloney. “She was a shot putter and got to the …

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What You May Have Missed: National Athletics Championships

This past weekend marked the 150th Irish Life Health national track and field championships at Morton Stadium in Dublin. Despite the brutal weather, the weekend saw many amazing performances across all the disciplines. Limerick’s Sarah Lavin battled the 5.0 metres-per-second headwind to take home her seventh outdoor national title Saturday in the 100m hurdles. Lavin crossed the finish line in …

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