Three Time Paralympian Nicole Turner Announces Retirement
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HerSport Editor
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January 7, 2025
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Para Sport, Paralympics, Swimming
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2024 Paralympics, Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, medal, Nicole Turner, Para Sport, Para Swimming, Paralympics, Silver Medal, Swimming
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Irish Paralympic swimmer Nicole Turner has announced her retirement, bringing an extraordinary career in competitive swimming to a close. A Paralympic silver medallist and multiple-time international medallist, Nicole leaves the sport as one of Ireland’s most celebrated athletes. https://www.instagram.com/p/DEhgnBTIGyI/ Nicole initially took up swimming to follow in the footsteps of her two older brothers, but her exceptional talent quickly became …
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“I’m Still That Little Girl from Sligo”: Mona McSharry Claims Bronze in Thrilling Final
Mona McSharry’s triumph in the 100m breaststroke at the Paris Olympics is a landmark achievement for Irish swimming, ending a nearly three decade long medal drought. Her path to the Olympic podium is a story of determination and relentless improvement. McSharry deservedly claimed a brilliant bronze medal in Monday night’s final, clocking a time of 1:05.59. She finished just 0.01 …
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Which Irish athletes are making their Olympic debuts in Paris?
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HerSport Editor
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July 25, 2024
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Olympics
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Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, debut, Diving, Equestrian, Hammer Throw, Heptathlon, Olympic Games, Olympics, Paris 2024, Rowing, Rugby Sevens, Sailing, Swimming, Team Ireland, Track and Field
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Across the 133 person team that will represent Team Ireland at the Olympic Games this summer, 64 of them are women, and with new faces accompanying some familiar champions, you might just be wondering – Which Irish athletes are making their Olympic debuts in Paris? Boxing Daina Moorehouse – 50kg/Flyweight Jennifer Lehane – 54kg/Bantamweight Grainne Walsh – 63.5kg/Welterweight Canoeing Madison …
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Golden Night in Belgrade as Danielle Hill is Crowned European Champion
Photo credit: Sportsfile Ireland has a new European Champion by the name of Danielle Hill following a showstopping performance on night four of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Hill etched her name into the Irish swimming history books with a gold-standard time of 27.73 in the Women’s 50 Backstroke Final. Hill’s gold medal is her first international …
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Swim Ireland’s “Best Five Days This Island Has Ever Seen”
Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials concluded on Sunday evening with five individuals now having secured Olympic Qualification Times across nine events. This week, Danielle Hill and Tom Fannon joined Daniel Wiffen, Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry as individual qualifiers. Ireland have also qualified a Women’s and a Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay with selection to be confirmed in …
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Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target Olympic Qualification at Open Championships
Swim Ireland’s 2024 Irish Open Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials start on Wednesday 22nd May at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see over three hundred swimmers from sixty clubs compete for National titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on three senior National Teams, including the European Aquatics Championships (50m) in June, …
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Ní Riain Strikes Gold for the Second Time at European Championships with “a pretty good swim”
Róisín Ní Riain stormed to victory in her final yesterday evening to claim her second gold medal of the European Championships in the 100m backstroke final. In a stacked race that featured the Paralympic champion Ní Riain held her own to take the top spot in Madeira. This brings her medal tally to three so far in this championships, with …
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Bailey and Davison Star in Bangor as McCullagh International Comes to a Close
The curtain came down on the 2024 McCullagh International last night with Evan Bailey and Grace Davison starring in Bangor, both setting Irish Junior Records on the final night of competition. Evan Bailey continued his charge on the Irish Record books, breaking the 50 Butterfly Junior Record twice on Sunday. During the heats, Bailey went 24.60 to beat a six-year-old …
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McSharry Advances to Breaststroke Final in Doha Ferguson Thirteenth in Backstroke Semi Final
Mona McSharry confirmed a centre lane for today’s 100m Breaststroke Final yesterday evening, while Conor Ferguson edged closer to Olympic qualification on the second night of finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. McSharry eased into the 100m Breaststroke Final in second place overall, after finishing second in her heat behind China’s Quintang Tang (1:05.36). The Grange, Co. Sligo …
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McSharry into the semi finals at the World Aquatics Championships
Irish swimmers impressed on the second day of competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, with Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson comfortably progressing from their heats to this afternoon’s semi-finals. McSharry, already qualified for Paris, was second in her 100m Breaststroke heat in 1:06.49. The 23-year-old, who was fifth at the 2023 edition of the World Championships, cruised through …
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