#Athletics

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SColin Sheridan: Expect Ulster to crack Gaelic football's new puzzle before the rest
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SCathal Dennehy: The race that defines Mageean will never make the highlight reel
SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Last year, Cork's Fiona Everard shocked everyone in the Kilkenny mud, now she defends title
“This has been the first year in so long I’ve come into it healthy, it seems foreign to me."

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

2024 Chicago Marathon
Ruth Chepngetich shatters marathon world record in Chicago
Her time was more than four minutes better than her best, set over the same course two years ago.

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Cork's Finn claims Dublin Half Marathon title as Mayo's Armstrong makes history
Two-time Olympian Michelle Finn broke the women's course record at the Phoenix Park. 

Sun, 22 Sep, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Six
Efrem Gidey breaks Irish half marathon record in Copenhagan
Alistair Cragg ran two seconds faster than Gidey's time in New York in 2011, clocking 1:00:49, which was not ratified as an Irish record due to the course’s net elevation drop.

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

2024 Diamond League - Herculis
Initial déjà vu but still another Adeleke breakthrough in Diamond League final
The 22-year-old crossed the line fourth but Olympic silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser, who’d finished third in 50.64, was soon disqualified for a lane infringement.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Four
Sharlene Mawdsley storms to victory in Switzerland
There was a breakthrough run by Luke McCann over 800m

Mon, 09 Sep, 2024

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Duplantis beats Warholm in Scandinavian 100m showdown
Duplantis was quickest off the blocks and finished with a very respectable time of 10.37 seconds, with Warholm trailing all the way and posting 10.47.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Cathal Dennehy: How the Joyces got the recipe for champions right
S Cathal Dennehy: How the Joyces got the recipe for champions right
When Oisín Joyce started out, his dad had no real background in athletics, but Padraic spent significant time in the years since learning from those who did.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Sarah Healy dejected after finishing fourth 7/8/2024
Sarah Healy impresses in Rome as Irish men make world U20 4x400m final
The relay team go in the final in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

123.ie National Senior Outdoor Championships - Day 2
Ireland's Elizabeth Ndudi advances to world U20 long jump final
Ndudi is the reigning European U20 champion but she has struggled to replicate her best marks this summer due to an ongoing back issue.

Tue, 27 Aug, 2024

Israel Olatunde celebrates winning his heat 15/8/2022
Israel Olatunde excited for new chapter training with Olympic champion Noah Lyles
Olatunde has already taken Irish men’s 100m sprinting to new heights under the guidance of coach Daniel Kilgallon at Tallaght AC but to go a step further, he felt this move was necessary.

Tue, 27 Aug, 2024

Your sport on TV this week: Premier League, Diamond League and Formula One
Your sport on TV this week: Premier League, Diamond League and Formula One
It's another action packed weekend of sport on TV this weekend with the Premier League back in full flow. The Formula One is back this weekend and anyone missing the Olympics the Diamond League is live from Poland Sunday.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10/8/2024
Jakob Ingebrigtsen back to winning ways in 1500m at Lausanne Diamond League 
Rhasidat Adeleke will return to action there over 400m, taking on the three women who beat her at the Olympics in Paris.

Thu, 22 Aug, 2024

123.ie National U20 & U23 Track and Field Championships
Tallaght's Israel Olatunde smashes Irish 100m record in London
His time of 10.12 today would have been good enough for fourth in this year’s European final.

Sun, 18 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Previews
S Michael Johnson on Rhasidat Adeleke: 'She could win the Olympic gold medal here'
Michael Johnson believes Rhasidat Adeleke has a bright future ahead of her and she has the talent to win gold

Fri, 09 Aug, 2024

Sarah Lavin on her way to finishing second and qualifying for the semi-final 7/8/2024
English and Lavin through to Olympic semi-finals, disappointment for Fay, Healy, and O'Sullivan
Lavin finished second in her heat, qualifying automatically for the semi-finals. 

Wed, 07 Aug, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke after the race 5/8/2024
Rhasidat Adeleke can show she's capable of 'something special'
The Dubliner will run for a place in the 400m Olympic final. 

Wed, 07 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 9 - Athletics
Ingebrigtsen and Kerr war of words comes to a head in blockbuster 1500m final
Ingebrigtsen has the better endurance. Kerr the better speed. But both men are decadently equipped in either department.

Tue, 06 Aug, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Three
Ciara Mageean cursing cruel timing of the Olympic gods as she's forced out of Games
Mageean had been due to run in the 1500m heats on Tuesday.

Mon, 05 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 8 - Athletics
Cathal Doyle 'absolutely buzzing' after winning 1500m repechage
Luke McCann finished seventh in the same race in 3:36.50. In the second repechage, Andrew Coscoran came home 12th.

Sat, 03 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 7 - Athletics
Thomas Barr: 'It’s definitely my last Olympics, could be my last race'
Elsewhere, Jodie McCann endured a disappointing Olympic debut.

Fri, 02 Aug, 2024

Team Ireland Paris 2024 Team Announcement – Athletics
A third Olympics for Thomas Barr but not how he envisioned it
Indications in Paris this week are that even if the Irish do make the mixed 4x400m final, Rhasidat Adeleke won’t be involved as she understandably focuses her efforts on the 400m.

Thu, 01 Aug, 2024

European U18 Athletics Championships - Day 2
Cavan's Thomas Williams wins gold for Ireland at Euro U18 Championships
He becomes the second sibling from his family to win a European medal at underage level, with older sister Jade winning 400m bronze for Ireland at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival.

Sat, 20 Jul, 2024

2024 Diamond League - Herculis
Adeleke just misses Irish 200m record with fifth-place at London Diamond League meeting
In the men's 3000m, there were breakthrough runs from both Nick Griggs and Brian Fay who both smashed their personal bests.

Sat, 20 Jul, 2024

Sharlene Mawdsley 11/7/2024
Sharlene Mawdsley: 'It’s really special to have the gear on, and to know I’ll be an Olympian in two weeks’ time is insane'
The goal for Paris is to bring her training form to the track and drop a PB of 50.72 down to around the 50.50 mark.

Fri, 12 Jul, 2024

Relief and regret for Doyle and Healy - either side of Paris cut-off
Relief and regret for Doyle and Healy - either side of Paris cut-off
Phil Healy found herself an agonising three ranking points outside the quota for the Olympic 200m. But Cathal Doyle is in for the 1500m

Thu, 11 Jul, 2024

MTU new track ready for stacked fields at Cork City Sports meeting
MTU new track ready for stacked fields at Cork City Sports meeting
Chief among the athletes is Phil Healy, who will race the 100m and 200m – the Bandon AC athlete taking on a loaded field over 100m that includes Anavia Battle, a finalist at the recent US Olympic Trials, and fellow US sprinter Celera Barnes, a 10.94 athlete.

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

Munster Technological University sees reopening of international-standard athletics track
Munster Technological University sees reopening of international-standard athletics track
The regeneration of the eight-lane track as an international-standard facility was completed just in time for it to host the Cork City Sports

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

123.ie National Outdoor Senior Championships - Day 2
Star turn Adeleke treats bumper Nationals crowd to 'special' record
Adeleke took gold at the 123.ie National Track and Field Championships in Santry

Sun, 30 Jun, 2024

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field - Day 4
Disaster for Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu as she crashes out in US trials
Mu was one of the leading contenders for the 800m Olympic gold in Paris.

Tue, 25 Jun, 2024

Mark English 7/6/2024
Mark English breaks Irish 800m record for second time in four days
Sharlene Mawdsley was also in action in Madrid, the Newport sprinter clocking the second fastest time of her career over 400m, 50.82, to finish second. 

Fri, 21 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Four
Sarah Harte: Anti-hate laws not about being woke, we need clear and legal parameters
Adeleke story is more proof, if any was needed, that we cannot manage the cyber world by consent alone

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

Mark English 7/6/2024
Mark English breaks Irish 800m record and books Olympics ticket
Thomas Barr is another who’s in a race against time to secure sufficient ranking points for the Olympics. 

Tue, 18 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Four
Rhasidat didn't race how I wanted, says Adeleke's Coach Flo
As good as Rhasidat Adeleke was at the European Championships, her coach Edrick Floreal knows there is much more in her. 

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

Chris O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Tom Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley celebrate with their gold medals 8/6/2024
Irish Examiner view: Rome gave Ireland even more reasons to fund our athletes properly
The magnificent performances by our athletes at the European Championships in Rome have been good for the soul

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

Athletes Return from European Athletics Championships
Magical, incredible, amazing: Irish stars Becker and Mawdsley feted as they arrive in Dublin
Sophie Becker and Sharlene Mawdsley were welcomed home by throngs of excited fans as they returned to Ireland from the European Championships

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Six
12th for Gidey, 13th for Coscoran in Euro finals
Ireland finished 10th on the medal table with their two golds and two silvers.

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

Sharlene Mawdsley and Femke Bol on their way to finishing second and first respectively 12/6/2024
'Everything we dreamed of' — Ireland claims Euros silver in women's 4x400m relay
'There’s something special with this group of girls. I love them all'

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

European and local elections
Irish Examiner view: Taoiseach may yet be tempted to call an early general election
Like their counterparts across the EU, the Government is pondering what the elections tell us about voters' mood

Tue, 11 Jun, 2024

Ciara Mageean with her gold medal 10/6/2024
Tears of joy for Ciara Mageaan as Amhrán na bhFiann plays in Rome
Ciara Mageean joined Sonia O'Sullivan as the only individual gold medallists for Ireland across 26 editions of the European Athletics Championships.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2024

Andrew Coscoran on his way to qualifying for the final 10/6/2024
Coscoran avoids carnage to reach 1500m final, Barr eliminated from 400m hurdles
On Monday evening, the focus is on the women’s 400m final at 8.50pm Irish time, where Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley both run.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke celebrates reaching the final 9/6/2024
Rhasidat Adeleke v Sharlene Mawdsley: Ireland stars storm into European 400m final
Adeleke won her semi-final in impressive fashion.

Sun, 09 Jun, 2024

Tom Barr 9/6/2024
Relieved Barr lifts it again to get job done in Rome, Tuthill through in hammer
Barr admitted it was hard to come down from the high of Friday night’s mixed relay gold medal.

Sun, 09 Jun, 2024

Your sport on TV this weekend: Munster and Leinster SHC finals, European Championships and URC quarter-finals
Your sport on TV this weekend: Munster and Leinster SHC finals, European Championships and URC quarter-finals
It is another action packed weekend of sport with the Munster and Leinster SHC finals taking place. As preparations for the Olympics ramp up watch the Irish in action at the European Championships. The URC quarter-finals take place this weekend with three Irish provinces involved. 

Fri, 07 Jun, 2024

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