Precious Akpe-Moses Steals The Show At U20 European Athletics Championships in Tampere

Ireland’s young athletes made a strong impression at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, delivering personal bests and fierce competition over four days of championship action. Precious Akpe-Moses (Blackrock AC) was one of the standout performers, excelling in both the 100m and 200m. She set a personal best of 11.62 seconds in the 100m semi-finals, qualifying comfortably for …

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Kate O’Connor OBLITERATES Irish Indoor Pentathlon Record!

Kate O’Connor produced an excellent performance at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour in Tallinn, Estonia, breaking her own national senior indoor record in the Pentathlon (Feb 2nd).   https://www.instagram.com/p/DFk2pD2owDh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==   O’Connor, who became Ireland’s first ever heptathlete to compete at an Olympic Games in Paris last year, equalled or bettered her indoor personal bests in all five of her …

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Olympic Hepathlete Kate O’Connor: “We’re not just training for one event, we have to try and be world class at seven”

23 year old Kate O’Connor made history in Paris this year as Team Ireland’s first heptathlete to compete at the Olympic Games, a sensational achievement that she hopes will have a long lasting impact. As she says herself, it’s a challenging discipline, not least for the very reason that the athletes involved are “not just training for one event”, but …

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Which Irish athletes are making their Olympic debuts in Paris?

Across the 133 person team that will represent Team Ireland at the Olympic Games this summer, 64 of them are women, and with new faces accompanying some familiar champions, you might just be wondering – Which Irish athletes are making their Olympic debuts in Paris? Boxing Daina Moorehouse – 50kg/Flyweight Jennifer Lehane – 54kg/Bantamweight Grainne Walsh – 63.5kg/Welterweight Canoeing Madison …

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17-Year-Old Jana Koscak Makes Senior Heptathlon History

Jana Koščak made history at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis (27-28 May) when she scored 6293 points in the senior heptathlon, surpassing the tally of 5615 set by her sister Klara Koščak in May 2021. Her score set a new Croatian senior national record and was also the highest score ever achieved by an u/18 in a senior heptathlon. This was also her …

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