Jenny Egan of Salmon Leap in Leixlip has won the prestigious Sella Descent in Spain. Egan, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the sprint canoeing events at the Rio Olympics, was part of a large group of Irish paddlers who travelled to the 80th version of this historic race in Asturias, first held in […]
Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk had to battle hard for victory in the Michael Fearon/Kevin Marron 5k, organised by Glenmore AC on the Cooley Peninsula just north of Dundalk yesterday evening. Sittuk finished in 14 mins 45 secs, with Conor Duffy of Glaslough and Slieve Gullion’s Paddy Hamilton clipping his heels. First woman was Catherine O’Conor, who […]
Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk looked a happy man as he crossed the line at the Bay 10k in Dun Laoghaire, leading home over a thousand finishers in a time of 31 mins 55 secs – not a bad time for an athlete who had won the Cookstown Half Marathon a day earlier. A minute behind for […]
A thrilling Ronnie Delany 1500m proved the highlight of the Le Cheile International in Leixlip, with local athlete Paul Robinson just pipped for victory by Australian visitor Jordy Williamsz. Williamsz finished in 3 mins 43.16 secs and Robinson in 3:4343. Chasing them hard was Raheny’s Kieran Kelly who finished in 3:4350, with last year’s winner […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey was a comfortable winner of today’s SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km in Swords. Clohisey, who will run the marathon at the Rio Olympics in a few weeks time, was winning for a second year. His time of 30 mins 24 secs gave him a 21 seconds margin over DSD’s Brandon Hargreaves who finished […]
Rio-bound steeplechaser Sara Treacy of Dunboyne had the best best possible send-off when she ran a personal best 9 mins 30.41 secs to finish sixth in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Anniversary Games today. It was her first time under 9 mins 40 secs and puts her third on the all-time Irish rankings behind […]
A huge PB of 2:00.79 for Ciara Mageean of UCD proved the highlight of tonight’s Morton Games in Santry. Last month, Mageean improved her time to 2:02.84 at the Northern Irish Championships in Belfast, and she showed she meant business tonight going through the opening 400m lap in 59 secs and 600m in 1:30 along […]
Hurdler Christine McMahon ran a big personal best of 56.06 secs to finish second in the 400m hurdles in Heusden last night. Her time – agonisingly – was inside the Olympic qualifying standard of 56.20 secs, but too late for the IAAF selection deadline. Also over the past week, Mark English ran a time of […]
From a statement made by Sven Arne Hansen of European Athletics today “…many people have been discussing the issue of transfer of allegiance, whereby athletes switch the country for whom they represent in international competitions. “This is, of course, a matter where the IAAF is the ultimate authority and in my role as an IAAF […]
European Track and Field Championships, Amsterdam, 6-10 July 2016. www.amsterdam2016.org Wednesday July 6 12.10 Women’s 400m heats – Ht 1, 6 Claire Mooney 55.66. Ht 3, 3 Sinead Denny 53.95; Q for SF. 12.35 Men’s 400m heats – Ht 1, 7 Craig Lynch 47.61. Ht 2, 8 David Gillick 47.81. Ht 3, 5 Brian […]
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