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Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley are through to the 400M semi-finals of the World Athletics Championships. A chance of a medal? Let’s discuss.
Continue ReadingTeam Ireland have had a spectacular start on the first day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest as the mixed 4x400m team of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell, and Sharlene Mawdsley secured their place in this evening’s final with a brilliant 3:13.90 season’s best. Raftery lead the team out on the opening leg before smooth handovers to Becker …
Continue ReadingPhoto by Giancarlo Colombo/Sportsfile With the 2023 World Athletics Championships kicking off this Saturday, August 19, here is a preview of Team Ireland: The nine-day event, which will end on August 27, will see 23 Irish athletes compete. There are 16 individual entries and two relays: the Women’s 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m, which is relay with both men and …
Continue ReadingSophie O’Sullivan ran the 1000m in 2:37.08 at the Citius meeting in Bern tonight (August 4), setting a new personal best for herself and going third on the Irish all-time list — behind only her legendary mother Sonia O’Sullivan (2:34.66) and Ciara Mageean (2:31.06), who broke Sonia’s then-27-year-old record in 2020. Sophie’s push in the last 100m won her fourth …
Continue ReadingSarah Lavin brought the curtain down on a thrilling final day of the 151st edition of the 123.ie National Track and Field Championships (July 30th). Lavin remarkably set three personal best performances on her way to Sunday’s 100m gold, made all the more remarkable having claimed the 100m hurdles title only 24 hours previous. The Emerald AC star saved her best performance of …
Continue ReadingSharlene Mawdsley and Sarah Healy put in great effort to give impressive performances at the 62nd Ostrava Golden Spike Continental Tour Gold 2023 last night. Sarah Healy (1500m) and Sharlene Mawdsley (400m) are both entered at the Ostrava Golden Spike Meet this evening 🇮🇪 ℹ️Schedule & start lists: https://t.co/vcrjST3rtg📺Stream: @WorldAthletics YouTube https://t.co/jPu0aFCxXV#ContinentalTour pic.twitter.com/a1GV4MYNFI — Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 27, 2023 …
Continue ReadingIreland’s athletics team has been crowned team champions of Division 3 at this year’s European Games in Poland. Grace Casey was up first this morning in the javelin event. She placed 5th in the event, with a best throw of 42.02m. Olympic finalist Phil Healy finished second in the 200m, just outside her season best, with a time of 23.79. …
Continue ReadingToday marked the first day of the European Games 2023 in Poland. A team of 120 athletes is representing Team Ireland at the games in Division 3. Team Ireland produced some great results today, with impressive performances from the athletes claiming crucial points for Ireland on the team rankings. Day 1: June 20 European Team Championships!🙌 🇮🇪Event Preview: https://t.co/PIV3dSz7dk ⚡Live …
Continue ReadingIreland’s athletic talents shone at last night’s World Athletics Continental Tour, where Sharlene Mawdsley and Sarah Lavin put out very impressive performances. 51.34 PB for @sharlenem229 over 400m in Huelva🙌 4th on the Irish all-time🔥🔥🔥@AndrewCoscoran clocks 3:33.87 to claim yet another top 3 finish on the Continental Tour 💪 @sarahlavin_Lavin continues her blistering start to the outdoor season with 12.86SB⚡#ContinentalTour …
Continue ReadingA few of Ireland’s top athletes gave outstanding performances at international competitions this past weekend. On Saturday (3 June) Shona Heaslip and Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and second in the women’s B race at the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France. Kerry’s Shona Heaslip finished second with a season-best time of 33:26.96 while Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and …
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