How Sophie Becker Became Confident | DOVE X NIKE BODY CONFIDENT SPORTS PROGRAMME
You’d be forgiven for thinking that confidence comes easy to Irish Olympian Sophie Becker, but, just like everybody else, it’s something she continues to work at. The 400m sprinter needs that final confidence boost from those in her inner circle to make sure she can compete at the highest level, exemplified none more than in her coach, Aideen Sinnott, of …
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Paris 2024 Will Be The First Olympics To Achieve Gender Parity
It has been announced that the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will be the first to achieve numerical gender parity, consisting of the same number of male and female athletes participating in the competition. “The Olympic Games are a rare occasion when female athletes can make the headlines as much as their male counterparts. We know that there are prime …
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“I Would Love For People To Experience What I’ve Had The Privilege to Experience With Ireland Lacrosse” – Eimear Fitzpatrick
Ireland’s lacrosse scene may not be the most widely recognized, but with the sport set to make its mark at the LA 2028 Olympics, there’s an increasing buzz around the country’s chances at qualifying. Eimear Fitzgerald, an Irish lacrosse snsation, shared her remarkable story and offered a glimpse into the thrilling potential for lacrosse within the nation. According to Eimear, …
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Five New Sports Confirmed In An Exciting Development For LA 2028 Summer Olympics
Image credit: LA2028 Organising Committee Baseball/Softball, T20 Cricket, Flag Football, Sixes Lacrosse and Squash have been officially included as additional sports on the programme for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). There has also been a reprieve for Modern Pentathlon, with obstacle racing replacing horse riding, and Weightlifting which has agreed to oversight of its drug testing procedures. …
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Olympic and Paralympic Flame Revealed in Paris
The Olympic torch is a piece of art, engineering or iconography that is integral to the meaning of the games. Yesterday in Paris, torch designer Mathieu Lehanneur and production partner ArcelorMittal, presented the torch that will be carried by 11,000 people (10,000 for the Olympic Games, 1,000 for the Paralympic Games) during the torch relay that will begin with the …
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The European Court Of Human Rights Ruled In The Favor Of The Two-Time Olympic Champion Caster Semenya
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in the favor of the two-time Olympic champion, Caster Semenya, over the rules governing testosterone levels in female athletes in competitions. Semenya, who has hyperandrogenism, or a genetically higher level of testosterone, was banned from international competitions in the female category between the distances of 400m to the mile by World Athletics in …
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Olympic Champion Tori Bowie Dies at 32
Three-time Olympic medalist and world champion American sprinter, Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie, has died at the age of 32. Her death was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by U.S.A. Track and Field, which provided no other details. Fellow Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wrote on Twitter: “My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. …
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What Ireland Need To Do For Automatic Olympic Sevens Qualification
Ireland’s hopes of automatic qualification for next year’s Paris Olympics will come down to one final tournament at the Toulouse Sevens stop (May 12-14) after a frustrating eighth-place finish at the Hong Kong Sevens.
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The Disease Plaguing Women’s Sport: Sexualisation
As an avid sports consumer—of both men and women’s sports—my enjoyment of men’s sports has been boiled down to attraction to the players. It’s not typical for you to see a man being ridiculed for watching women’s sports, in fact, they are often praised for it (it should be a norm, but I digress). That being said, why is it …
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Tanya Watson- First Ever Irish Female Olympic Diver
Tanya Watson made history when she became the country’s first athlete to qualify for diving, but went above and beyond when she reached the semi finals.
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