All The Photos As The Winners Are Revealed At The Her Sport Awards Presented by Lidl Ireland

After an extraordinary year for women in sports, the annual Her Sport Awards, presented by Lidl Ireland, once again took centre stage, celebrating Ireland’s top female athletes, their inspiring achievements and the dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make it all possible. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL PHOTOS The evening featured an inspiring panel discussion, themed ‘Breaking Barriers‘, …

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Eve McCrystal praises “tough cookie” Katie George Dunlevy as pair reunite in dramatic circumstances at the Para Cycling World Cup

Eve McCrystal has praised her “tough cookie” teammate Katie George Dunlevy after the pair managed to clinch a silver medal in the time trial and a fourth place finish in the road race at the UCI Para Cycling World Cup over the weekend, despite Dunlevy picking up a nasty injury. The duo, who have previously won countless medals at the …

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Manon de Boer takes overall Rás na mBan victory

The Netherlands’ Manon de Boer fought off a flurry of late attacks in the final criterium circuit race to take the 2023 Rás na mBan magenta jersey and overall classification in Kilkenny City this afternoon (Sept. 10). The NWVG-uplus rider finished an impressive week just three seconds clear of podium challengers Renée van Hout (Team Noord Holland) and Tiffany Keep …

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Double Gold for Dunlevy and Kelly at Para-Cycling World Championships

Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly completed the double at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships on Saturday, August 12th, soloing to victory in the WB Road Race.  Just two days after they claimed the WB Time Trial World title, Dunlevy and Kelly were in the rainbow jersey again after victory in the road race.  The win is Dunlevy’s eighth World Championships title, her second title with pilot Linda Kelly.  In the same race, Josephine Healion and Eve McCrystal finished fourth in the sprint for bronze, getting pipped …

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Katie George Dunlevy And Eve McCrystal Win Bronze At UCI Cycling World Championships

Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal delivered Ireland’s second medal of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships on Friday, August 4th. The women’s tandem pair took victory in the bronze medal ride against France, leading from the opening time split to take a resounding win. Reunited on the track after missing the 2022 Para-cycling Track World Championships, the duo once …

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Huntsville-Alabama Para-Cycling World Cup Team Announcement

Cycling Ireland are pleased to confirm the Irish Para-cycling National Team that will compete in the Huntsville-Alabama World Cup from 26 – 29 May 2023. The third and final 2023 World Cup campaign, the Irish squad are looking forward to ending the campaign with more strong performances after picking up three medals at the Ostend World Cup earlier this month. …

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Medals For Women’s Tandem Pairings In Ostend Para-cycling World Cup Road Races

The Irish Para-cycling team have continued their winning ways with silver and bronze medals in the women’s tandem road race at the Ostend World Cup on Sunday, May 7th. After Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly bagged a gold medal in the highlight results from the time trial events earlier in the World Cup, the medals kept coming as more strong …

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Cycling Ireland announces team for Paracycling Track World Championships

Cycling Ireland have announced a strong team for the UCI Paracycling Track World Championships which will take place from October 20th to October 23rd.  A nine-strong Team Ireland contingent will compete at the championships in Paris next month in what is their last major competition goal for 2022.  Tokyo Paralympics silver medalists Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal will target the …

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‘We love a hard race’ Eve McCrystal on winning a 6th World Championship medal  

In this week’s episode of the Her Sport Show, we caught up with the 6-time world champion para-cyclist, Eve Mc Crystal, as she discusses her latest gold medal victory with teammate Katie-George Dunlevy.   Eve talks to us about her disappointment at getting silver in the trials, and the complexity of managing energy and power in such an intense series …

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