Ciara Neville makes inspiring return to racing two years after injury heartbreak
Former Irish 100m and 60m indoor champion Ciara Neville has returned to racing two years after a heartbreaking injury. The 2018 under-20 World silver medallist tore her hamstring in June 2021, just three weeks out from the National Indoor Championships where she hoped to defend her 60m title. Since then the Limerick native has fought through two slow years of …
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Michaela Walsh Secures Spot To Olympics & Aoife O’Rourke One Win Away From Olympic Qualification
Michaela Walsh has secured her spot in qualifying for the Paris Olympics 2024. Her great performances at the European Games have also secured her a bronze medal, with the opportunity to upgrade to a gold or silver. Fellow Team Ireland boxer Aoife O’Rourke has also added a medal to her continental collection, guaranteeing at least a bronze and the possibility …
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Kellie Harrington Qualifies For Olympics As Amy Broadhurst And Jennifer Lehane Suffer Defeats
Kellie Harrington has secured her spot for Paris Olympics 2024 after defeating Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson 4-1 in the lightweight semi-finals at the European Games in Poland today. Amy Broadhurst and Jennifer Lehane unfortunately came up short after suffering defeats in their respective quarter-final bouts at the European Games. #TeamIreland's 66kg Amy Broadhurst's #EG2023 campaign ends following a testy bout V🇬🇧 …
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Who To Watch Out For At The 2023 European Rowing Championships
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Jessica Gardiner
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May 22, 2023
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Rowing
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Aifric Keogh, Aoife Casey, Eimear Lambe, European Rowing Championships, Fiona Murtagh, Irish Rowing, Irish Rowing Four, Irish Rowing Pair, Katie O'Brien, Margaret Cremen, Natalie Long, Paris 2024, Sanita Puspure, Zoe Hyde
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The 2023 European Rowing Championships will commence this Thursday, 25 May (until 28 May) in Bled, Slovenia. The event will feature a range of races singles, doubles, quads, pairs and eights. This year, 10 teams have been selected to represent Ireland at the competition European Rowing Championships. The competition will give the crews a good measure of where they are …
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Lara Gillespie: “I’m Not Letting Other People’s Opinions Affect My Day, My Plans Or My Goals.”
Irish cyclist Lara Gillespie has continued to thrive on the international stage. Since Her Sport last spoke to Lara in 2020, she has graduated from UCD Dublin with a BSc. in Health and Performance Science while continuing to achieve numerous cycling accolades; pedalling towards her Olympic dreams. Although Lara has continued to further her studies through part-time research with UCD, …
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Lucy Mulhall: 50 Caps For Ireland Sevens Captain Leading Ireland To Olympics
Lucy Mulhall captianed Ireland Rugby 7s side to win automatic Paris 2024 qualification after the team beat Fiji this past Sunday in Toulouse. This was a momentous day for the team, made even more special for captain Mulhall as the match against Fiji also corresponded with her 50th tournament cap for Ireland 7s. Mulhall was a part of the 7s …
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400m Victory For Rhasidat Adeleke At The Big 12 Championships
Rhasidat Adeleke claimed victory at the Big 12 Championships in Oklahoma over the weekend. The 20-year-old ran 50.58, beating her University of Texas teammate, Kennedy Simon (51.22) to claim top spot. This was Adeleke’s second 400M title at the Big 12 Conference, having won the title for Texax in in Lubbock, Texas in February. https://twitter.com/Track_Gazette/status/1657811319846780933?s=20 It continues the astonishing trajectory …
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Rowers Launch New Fund To Support The Sport
What started out as a fun Instagram account has now become a new fund aimed at helping future young rowers. Set up by the Irish women’s team (that went on to Olympic Bronze in 2021), the Big Strong Gorls (BSGs) fund will channel money earned through the sale of branded kit and merchandise via Powerhouse Sport towards financially supporting the …
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Ireland 7’s Olympic Dream Boils Down To This Final Weekend
This is a massive week for Ireland’s Women’s 7s team as they battle it out to book automatic qualification tickets to Paris Olympics 2024.
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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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