Day 7: Olympic Final For 4x400M Relay & Harrington One Fight Away From Bronze

Team Ireland’s 4x400M relay team have booked their place in an Olympic Final while Kellie Harrington moves one fight from bronze.

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Gold For Harrington In France, Whilst Walsh Takes Silver

Kellie Harrington rounded off a super week in Paris by winning gold at the European Championships following a dominant win over England’s Caroline Dubious. Having sealed her place at Tokyo on Saturday last, the Dubliner continued her eye-catching form as her experience showed in what was a convincing victory over her 20 year old opponent at Le Grand Dome. Harrington …

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Taylor Returns To The Top Of ESPN’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Katie Taylor has reclaimed the number one spot in ESPN’s pound for pound rankings following her impressive recent victory over Natasha Jonas on May 1st. The Bray woman had been leapfrogged in the rankings by two time Olympic gold medalist Clarissa Shields back in March, as the American boxer had defeated Marie-Eve Dicaire to be crowned the undisputed light middleweight …

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Meet The Contenders: Katelynn Phelan

Katelynn Phelan Kildare’s Katelynn Phelan pulled off one of the biggest results in Irish boxing this year as she defeated Germany’s heavy favourite Jessica Schadko by TKO, to win the World Boxing Council Youth title, the World Boxing Federation title, and the Women’s International Boxing Association title. Phelan is Ireland’s youngest professional female boxer and while it may have appeared …

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