Guide To VHI Mini Marathon 2024 Early Bird Entries
The 2024 VHI Mini Marathon Early Bird tickets are open until Sunday 18 June at midnight. https://twitter.com/VhiWMM/status/1667139824917127171?s=20 The Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon, a 10k road race held annually during the June bank holiday weekend in Dublin city centre, stands as the world’s largest event of its kind. Since its inception in 1983, where 9,000 women participated, the event has grown …
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Top Class Field Expected For First DSD Games
A top-class field is expected for the inaugural DSD Games, supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, which will take place this Sunday 18th June at DSD’s new world-class 400m track in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. The event will play host to over 400 entries on the day, including some of Ireland’s best athletes, many of whom are seeking qualifying standards …
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Kate Doherty – “I Am Who I Am Today Because I Did So Much Sport.”
Two-time National Indoor Champion and World Relay silver medalist Kate Doherty was named an ambassador for the upcoming DSD Games – the first ever games to take place at the new DSD multi-sport campus at Rathfarnham on Sunday 18th June. It’s a fitting achievement for the Olympic prospect, whose athletics training started with the host club, Dundrum South Dublin AC …
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17-Year-Old Jana Koscak Makes Senior Heptathlon History
Jana Koščak made history at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis (27-28 May) when she scored 6293 points in the senior heptathlon, surpassing the tally of 5615 set by her sister Klara Koščak in May 2021. Her score set a new Croatian senior national record and was also the highest score ever achieved by an u/18 in a senior heptathlon. This was also her …
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400m Victory For Rhasidat Adeleke At The Big 12 Championships
Rhasidat Adeleke claimed victory at the Big 12 Championships in Oklahoma over the weekend. The 20-year-old ran 50.58, beating her University of Texas teammate, Kennedy Simon (51.22) to claim top spot. This was Adeleke’s second 400M title at the Big 12 Conference, having won the title for Texax in in Lubbock, Texas in February. https://twitter.com/Track_Gazette/status/1657811319846780933?s=20 It continues the astonishing trajectory …
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Athletes To Watch Out For At The Belfast IMC This Weekend
Several of Ireland’s top athletes will compete at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet at Mary Peters Track this weekend. The meet on 13 May will serve as a chance for the athletes to lay down a marker for the season ahead which culminates in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest from 19-27 August 2023. Last year saw Louise Shanahan (Leevale …
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Olympic Champion Tori Bowie Dies at 32
Three-time Olympic medalist and world champion American sprinter, Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie, has died at the age of 32. Her death was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by U.S.A. Track and Field, which provided no other details. Fellow Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wrote on Twitter: “My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. …
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Olympic Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay To Debut In 2024
World Athletics announced that a marathon race walk featuring 25 teams, each comprising one male and one female athlete, will complete the marathon distance (42.195km) in four legs of approximately equal distance, at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. Each athlete will complete two legs of just over 10km each, alternating male, female, male, female. According to World Athletics, the marathon …
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David Gillick Shares His Delight At The Recent Success Of Irish Athletics On The International Scene
David Gillick, Irish international track and field star (and Hell Week contestant), is used to intense training, but on this week’s episode of The Her Sport Show the Athletics commentator admits that “The hardest part is getting off the couch and getting out…if you can put the trainers on, you’re halfway there.” In the episode, Gillick shares the impact of …
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Mageean Shines At Diamond League | The Weekend Roundup
Ciara Mageean stuns us again Ciara Mageean produced an extraordinary performance in the 1500m at the Diamond League final in Zurich. The two-time European Championship bronze medalist clocked a time of 4:01.68, coming in second to Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya (4:00.44). Zurich Diamond League Final 2nd 💎 Wish I could share the whole race as most people couldn't …
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