Olympic Medalist Sonia O’Sullivan: “I know first-hand the positive impact sport has on young people”
Photo credit: Inpho Photography In a bid to tackle the worrying decline in sports participation among Irish children, Allianz Ireland has launched their new ‘Stop The Drop’ campaign. Fronting this initiative is Allianz ambassador, former Irish Olympic silver medallist, and celebrated athlete Sonia O’Sullivan. Speaking at the launch, O’Sullivan emphasized the long-term benefits of sports for young people. “As a …
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History made as Irish relay team win European gold
The mixed 4x400m relay team of Chris O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley have won a historic gold medal for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Rome this evening (June 7th). The Irish team came home in national record time of 3:09.92, a performance that also set a new championship record on one of the great nights …
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Fionnuala McCormack is first Irishwoman to qualify for five Olympics
Fionnuala McCormack became the first Irishwoman to qualify for five Olympic Games after running inside the qualifying time in the Valencia Marathon on Sunday. McCormack’s time of 2:26.19 was more than 30 seconds inside the 2:26.50 necessary to qualify for Paris and she finished in 34th place. The 39-year-old Wicklow native competed in the 3000m at Beijing 2008, the 5000m …
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Sophie O’Sullivan Shatters Irish National U23 3000m Record
Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Sophie O’Sullivan broke the Irish National U23 3000m last night at the World Athletics Continental Tour meet in Rovereto, Italy. O’Sullivan’s second-place finish in an impressive time of 8.44.72 (behind Ethiopia’s Wubrist Aschal) knocks nearly two seconds off the previous record held by Sarah Healy since July of last year. Washington's Sophie O'Sullivan Sets Irish Under-23 …
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Ciara Mageean through to 1500m World Final as Sarah Healy breaks u23 national record
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August 20, 2023
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Candice McLeod, Ciara Mageean, City of Lisburn AC, Dundalk St Gerards AC, Kate O'Connor, Marileidy Paulino, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sonia O'Sullivan, UCD AC, World Athletics Championships 2023
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Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) lit up Sunday evening’s session of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a textbook semi-final display to book her place in Tuesday’s 1500m final. Racing in the first of the two semi-finals, the Portaferry athlete never looked like being run out of the top six automatic qualifying places, ultimately crossing the finish in …
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Sophie O’Sullivan goes third on the Irish 1000m all-time list
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August 4, 2023
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Abby Caldwell, Ciara Mageean, Citius Meet Bern, Derval O'Rourke, Ditaji Kambundji, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen, Linden Hall, Phil Healy, Revee Walcott-Nolan, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sonia O'Sullivan, Sophie O'Sullivan, World Athletics Championships 2023
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Sophie 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 …
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Ciara Mageean smashes national mile record, comes second to Faith Kipyegon’s new world best
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July 22, 2023
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Ciara Mageean, Diamond League Monaco, Faith Kipyegon, Freweyni Hailu, Jessica Hull, Kristie Schoffield, Laura Muir, Natalia Kaczmarek, National Senior Track and Field Championships, Nikki Hiltz, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Lavin, Sonia O'Sullivan, Winnie Nanyondo, World Athletics Championships
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In a historic night at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, Ciara Mageean ran 4:14.58 to smash Sonia O’Sullivan’s 29-year-old Irish record by nearly three seconds, coming in second to Faith Kipyegon’s unbelievable new world record time of 4:07.64. Sifan Hassan had set the previous world best (4:12.33) in 2019, also in Monaco. 32-year-old Mageean was one of seven runners …
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Double Gold for Sophie O’Sullivan at National U23 Championships
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July 2, 2023
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Ballymore Cobh AC, Dublin City Harriers, European u23 championships, Lucy Holmes, National u23 Championships, Niamh Carr, Nicola Tuthill, Sarah Healy, Sonia O'Sullivan, Sophie O'Sullivan, West Waterford AC
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Sophie O’Sullivan (Ballymore Cobh AC) shined today (July 2) at the 123.ie National Junior and U23 Championships, winning gold in both the 800m and 1500m. Just a week after contributing to Ireland’s win and promotion to division two at the European Team Championships, the 21-year-old won the 800m in 2.10:04, followed by Lucy Holmes (West Waterford AC) in 2.11.82. Her …
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Mageean retakes Irish 800m record in 1.59.27
Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn A.C.) produced the performance of her life over 800m to break Louise Shanahan’s national record at the British Milers Club meet in Manchester this evening (May 27th). The Portaferry native crossed the line in 1.59.27 to knock 0.15s off the record Leevale A.C.’s Shanahan had set in Belfast in May 2022. Mageean had previously set …
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Sonia O’Sullivan Honoured at Historic Penn Relays
Sonia O’Sullivan has been honoured with induction into the Wall of Fame of the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field event in the world. The carnival in Philadelphia has taken place since 1895, and attracts around 15,000 athletes and thousands more fans (the largest attendance on record took place in 2010, when 54,000 people came to see …
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