SILVER FOR WOMEN’S RELAY AS IRELAND ROUND OUT RECORD-BREAKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ireland’s 4x400m relay team of Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke, Phil Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley have secured a silver medal at the European Championships in Rome with a new national record time of 3:22.71NR. The performance sealed a historic championships for the Irish, marking the best ever medal haul (4) from an Irish team at a Europeans. Tonight’s silver added to …
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Strong Start For Team Ireland At U/23 European Athletics Championships
A team of 32 athletes will compete at the 2023 European U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, from today until 16 July. The competition is a key championship on the athlete pathway and serves as a final launching pad into full senior championship competition. Ten of Ireland’s athletes are making their debuts today, starting with Adeyemi Talabi (Longford AC) this morning. …
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Impressive Runs From Healy And Lavin At Paavo Nurmi Games
Sarah Healy and Sarah Lavin performed impressively at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland last night (13 June 2023). Sarah Lavin just missed out on the bronze medal in the 100m hurdles final and finished fourth with a time of 12.94. Switzerland’s 21-year-old Ditaji Kambundji bagged gold in the race. “It was a very good heat run, a good …
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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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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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SUPERB 4X400M RELAY TEAM 6TH IN EUROPE AND SHANAHAN SMASHES THE FINAL
Ireland’s 400m relay team have secured a superb 6th place in the final of the women’s 4x400m at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. The team of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, and Sharlene Mawdsley crossed the finish in a time of 3:26.63, backing up their fantastic national record (3.26.06) performance. Squad members Roisin Harrison and Cliodhna Manning also …
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Weekend Roundup
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August 22, 2022
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Athletics
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800m, canoe, EuroHockey, European Championships, Hurdles, ireland rugby, Jenny Egan, Louise Shanahan, Lynsey McKey, relay, Sarah Lavin, Shanahan, Shelbourne, Sligo Rovers, Team Ireland, Upton, Wexford Youths, WNL
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A stunning start for Ireland’s rugby team Scoring a 57-22 win against their hosts, this season’s rugby tour in Japan has secured a confident start. Both Dalton and Deely scored tries, while the rest of the team maintained a confident and consistent game right to the final whistle. Deely stated after the match “I knew myself once we got the ball …
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Top 30 finish for Alice Sharpe in the road race at the European Championships
Alice Sharpe rounds off an impressive European Championships for the Irish cycling team with a top 30 finish in the women’s road race in Munich today, finishing in 29th position. Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) sprinted to glory to claim the title of European Road Champion beating the World Champion Elisa Balsamo and Rachele Barbieri, both Italian. Starting in Landsberg am Lech, the …
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SHANAHAN AND 4X400M RELAY TEAM SECURE EUROPEAN FINAL PLACES
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August 19, 2022
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Athletics
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400m, 800m, atheltics, European Championships, Louise Shanahan, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Running, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker
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It was another superb morning for the Irish team in Munich, with Louise Shanahan (800m) and the women’s 4x400m relay team of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, and Sharlene Mawdsley securing places in their respective European Athletics Championship finals. The women’s 4x400m relay team earned their place in tomorrow’s final in a new national record time of 3.26.06 which smashed …
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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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Irish Advance in the European Championships
The morning session of day 4 at the European Athletics Championships in Munich has been another hugely successful one for Team Ireland, with another 2 female athletes progressing to the next stage of their respective competitions. Irish 800m record holder, Louise Shanahan, advanced from her 800m heat with a brilliantly judged 3rd place finish in 2:02.80 to go through to tomorrow’s semi-final …
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