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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RECORD-BREAKING IRISH TEAM RETURN TO DUBLIN ON THE BACK OF IRELAND’S MOST SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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HerSport Editor
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August 23, 2022
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Athletics
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Ann Marie McGlynn, Aoife Cooke, Athletics, Ciara Mageean, Eilish Flanagan, European Championships, Fionnuala McCormack, Louise Shanahan, Michelle Finn, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Roisin Flanagan, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin, Sharlene Mawdsley, Women's Marathon Team
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The Irish athletics team returned to Dublin this afternoon following their record-breaking exploits in Munich at the European Athletics Championships in Munich over the previous 7-days. Munich will be remembered for some time by Irish athletics fans, with this edition providing Ireland’s most successful ever European Athletics Championships. The medals marked the many high points this week, adding to the …
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MAGEEAN READY FOR 1500M SHOWDOWN
Ciara Mageean is due to go in search of her second European Championship medal in the 1500m final set for 7.45pm (Irish time). The 2016 bronze medalist will take to the start in today’s medal decider having looked imperious in her semi-final which she dominated from gun to tape. The City of Lisburn star will have to face up against …
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‘Sports day was like the best day ever’ Ciara Mageean tells Her Sport
Last Sunday, Ciara Mageean brought home a fantastic silver medal in the 1500m race at the Commonwealth Games after running a personal best for the season at a time of 4:04:14. In what was her third Commonwealth Games, Mageean battled her way to the podium for the first time in her career as she claimed silver. ‘Third time lucky!’ she …
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Ciara Mageean Claims Silver For First Ever Medal At Commonwealth Games
iara Mageean posted a season’s best time of 4:04.14 to finish second and claim silver in the 1500m race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Athletics Ireland Name Formidable Squad Ahead Of European Championships
Athletics Ireland have announced a strong squad which includes 18 women ahead of the upcoming European Athletics Championships in Munich on August 15-21.
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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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Irish Team Arrive In Eugene For World Athletics Championships
The Irish team set to compete at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon from July 15th – 24th arrived at the University of Oregon campus in Eugene early this morning (July 13th). Many of the team arrived in Eugene following a hugely beneficial camp at the McKenzie River Resort in Blue River. Athletes who are set to compete towards …
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UCD Coach Emmett Dunleavy “A golden era for the 400M run”
University College Dublin coach and middle distance runner Emmett Dunleavy joined the Her Sport Show to discuss the amazing athletic performances from the Irish Health and Well Being Senior Track and Field Championships. Rhasidat Adeleke secured her gold medal by just 0.01 seconds. Molly Scott came in just behind her earning silver. Moving forward 19-year-old Adeleke is looking to race …
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