Fionnuala McCormack takes 4th at European Cross Country Championships

Grace Fisher
December 10, 2023
Athletics
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Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) produced one of the all-time great Irish performances to finish fourth in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels this afternoon (Dec 10th). Competing at her 18th European Cross Country Championships, the context of McCormack’s result was made all the more impressive in that only last weekend she secured the qualifying …

Another Championship for Kilkerrin-Clonberne, Bronze for Ireland at Cross Country Championships: Weekly Roundup

Bronze for senior women’s team at Spar European Cross Country Championships Ireland’s senior women’s team claimed bronze at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships yesterday (Dec. 11th) at La Mandria Park in Italy. Twins Eilish and Roisin Flanagan took 11th and 12th place and Mary Mulhare 27th, supported by Ann Marie McGlynn in 31st, Aoibhe Richardson in 46th, and Michelle …

Bronze for Ireland’s Senior Women’s Team at European Cross Country Championships

Grace Fisher
December 12, 2022
Athletics
Ann Marie McGlynn, Aoibhe Richardson, Eilish Flanagan, Jane Buckley, Mary Mulhare, Michelle Finn, Roisin Flanagan, Sarah Healy, SPAR European Cross-Country Championships
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Ireland’s senior women’s team won bronze at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships at La Mandria Park in Italy yesterday afternoon (Dec 11th), wiping out all memory of last year’s painful fourth-place finish at the championships hosted in Fingal-Dublin. Twin sisters Eilish and Roisin Flanagan crossed side-by-side in 11th and 12th place, and Mary Mulhare (27th) rounded out the scoring for …

All You Need to Know Ahead of the European Cross Country Championships

Grace Fisher
December 7, 2022
Athletics
Anika Thompson, Anna Gardiner, Anne Marie McGlynn, Aoibhe Richardson, Aoife O'Cuill, Ciara Mageean, Danielle Donegan, Eilish Flanagan, European Cross-Country Championships, Fiona Hawkins, Georgie Hartigan, Hannah Kehoe, Jane Buckley, Jodie McCann, Laura Mooney, Mary Mulhare, Michelle Finn, Nadia Power, Niamh O'Mahoney, Roise Roberts, Roisin Flanagan, Sarah Healy
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An exciting Irish team of 40 athletes, made up of equal numbers of men and women, will take to Turin this weekend for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, at La Mandria Park on December 11th 2022. The Irish athletes will join over 550 competitors from 40 countries who are set to battle it out for …

First Woman to Referee Men’s World Cup Match, WNL Salaries Introduced: Weekly Roundup

Grace Fisher
December 6, 2022
Week In Review
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Best-Ever Finish for Ireland at Emirates Dubai 7s Team Ireland finished sixth overall in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the highest-ever finish for the squad. Ireland topped Pool C with three victories right out of the gate, beating Spain 21-7, Japan (31-24), and Fiji (24-17). The run of success ended with a 5-0 loss in the quarter-final when Ireland …

Ciara Mageean withdraws from Irish European Cross Country Team

Neasa Kennedy
December 5, 2022
Athletics
Ann Marie McGlynn, Aoibhe Richardson, Ciara Mageean, Eilish Flanagan, European Cross Country, European Cross-Country Championships, Irish Athletes, Mary Mulhare, Michelle Finn, Roisin Flanagan
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Ciara Mageean has been forced to withdraw from the Irish team set to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Italy on December 11th. Although disappointed, the Commonwealth Games 1500m silver medallist and her team have made the decision to withdraw from the event in order to recover from a recent illness and she will not travel to Turin. …

RECORD-BREAKING IRISH TEAM RETURN TO DUBLIN ON THE BACK OF IRELAND’S MOST SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

HerSport Editor
August 23, 2022
Athletics
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 …

Sarah Healy Breaks Sonia O’Sullivan’s 31-Year Old Record

HerSport Editor
August 31, 2021
Athletics
3000M, Athletics, Eilish Flanagan, Roisin Flanagan, Sarah Healy, Sonia O'Sullivan, U23 Record
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Sarah Healy broke Sonia O’Sullivan’s 31-year old U23 3000M record after posting a huge personal best of 8.52.63.

Power and Flanagan Stride Home For Historic Medals At U23 Championships

HerSport Editor
July 15, 2019
Athletics
Athletics, Athletics European Championships, Eilish Flanagan, Nadia Power
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Nadia Power and Eilish Flanagan produced historic medal winning performances at the European U23 Athletic Championships in Sweden.

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