Mageean wins 1500m Gold in Rome
Ciara Mageean won a gold medal in the 1500m final at the European Athletics Championships in Rome Sunday evening (June 9th). The Portaferry athlete burst through a gap between the British pair of Jemma Reekie and Georgia Bell coming into the final 100 meters, kicking for home to cross in a winning time of 4:04.66. She found a gap…and she …
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Tuthill 1st Irish woman to make hammer throw final at major senior championship since 2007
A strong Irish performance at the European Athletics Championships in Rome continued Sunday as 20-year-old Nicola Tuthill became the first Irish woman since 2007 to make the Hammer final at a major senior championship. 20 year old Tuthill takes a qualiying spot to tomorrow's Hammer final💪 She is the first Irish woman to make a major senior Champs final since …
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History made as Irish relay team win European gold
The mixed 4x400m relay team of Chris O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley have won a historic gold medal for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Rome this evening (June 7th). The Irish team came home in national record time of 3:09.92, a performance that also set a new championship record on one of the great nights …
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European athletics championships morning wrap: Mageean and Healy sail through to 1500m final
The European Athletics Championships got off to a flyer for the Irish in Rome this morning, with both Ciara Mageean and Sarah Healy securing safe passage through to Sunday’s 1500m final. Mageean, who went in the first of the 1500m heats, clocked a comfortable 4:06.81Q to finish 3rd, while Healy crossed in 4th place in the second of the heats …
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Exciting first day ahead for Team Ireland at European Athletics Championships
Exciting first day ahead for Team Ireland at European Athletics Championships An exciting Irish team of over 40 athletes have begun to arrive in Rome ahead of the European Athletics Championships which take place from June 7-12. Rome 2024 will see 1500 athletes from 48 countries battle it out over the 6-day schedule, with a strong Irish representation across each …
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Rhasidat Adeleke starts off 2024 with two new Irish records
The records keep falling for Rhasidat Adeleke, and her performance at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational in New Mexico was more of the same. She broke her own Irish indoor 60m and 200m records, running 7.15 and 22.49. The first of these was enough to win comfortably as well as shave .02 seconds off the 7.17 Adeleke ran …
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Catherina McKiernan Set to Enter Hall of Fame at National Athletics Awards
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HerSport Editor
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October 19, 2022
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Athletics
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Catherina McKiernan, Ciara Mageean, Dean Casey, European Athletics Championships, Israel Olatunde, Kate O'Connor, Louise Shanahan, Mark English, Nicola Tuthill, Nicolas Griggs, Reece Ademola, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin, World Cross Country Championships
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Athletics Ireland are delighted to announce that Catherina McKiernan, regarded as one of the world’s best ever cross country athletes, will be honoured with the Hall of Fame Award at this year’s National Athletics Awards on Wednesday November 23rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry. The county Cavan native enjoyed her first major cross country success in 1988 when she …
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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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Berlin 2018: Taking On The Europeans
It’s been a top Europeans at Berlin 2018 with the 4x100m relay setting a new national record and Ciara Mageean finishing 4th in the 1500m on the final day.
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Medal Madness: Sarah Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sophie O’Sullivan
Sarah Healy, Rhadisat Adeleke and Sophie O’Sullivan won four medals for Ireland, making Ireland the highest on the women’s medal table.
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