Adeleke and Lavin Set To Headline National Championships This Weekend

The Irish Athletics Championships, which also celebrates its 150th birthday, will take place this upcoming weekend where numerous Irish stars will compete at Morton Stadium in Santry. In a statement posted by her manager, Ciara Mageean has withdrawn from this weekend’s nationals as a “precautionary measure as she had a niggle” after her Irish mile record in Monaco last week. …

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European Athletics U23 Championships: Sophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy win historic Irish 1-2

Sophie O’Sullivan (Ballymore Cobh AC) and Sarah Healy (UCD AC) have claimed a historic Irish 1-2 in the women’s 1500m at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland with O’Sullivan’s medal becoming the first ever gold secured by an Irish athlete at these championships. Healy and O’Sullivan are no strangers to European success, and both came into this week …

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Double Gold for Sophie O’Sullivan at National U23 Championships

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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European Games 2023: Team Ireland Athletics Place Place First In Division 3

Ireland’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. …

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Record 400m run wins Adeleke gold at NCAA Championships

It was yet another Irish record for Rhasidat Adeleke as she stormed to 400m gold at the NCAA championships. Her time of 49.20, a meet and facility record on her home track in Texas, made her the first Irish sprinter to win NCAA gold, and the first Irish athlete to win a title in any NCAA event since 2006, when …

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