Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir and Sarah Mulligan of DSD made it a Dublin double at the 36th annual Rockford Roof Tiles 4-Mile, held in Tinryland, just outside Carlow town. Hehir was overall winner of the race in 19 mins 25 secs. Slieve Gullion’s Paddy Hamilton was forty seconds behind in second place with Brian Kirwan of […]
Robert Heffernan of Togher finished a fighting fifth in the men’s 50km race walk in 3:44:17 at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing while the men’s 4x400m relay team set a new national record. Heffernan was in the thick of the action for much of the 50km walk won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 3 […]
By John Walshe Leevale athlete Mark Hanrahan ran the fastest time in 20 years to win Thursday night’s 39th annual Ballycotton ‘5’, easily beating a top-class field which included a number of visiting British athletes. Putting the final touches to his preparations for the Berlin Marathon in a month’s time, Hanrahan finished well clear of […]
Dunboyne’s Sarah Treacy produced the fastest time of the three Irish in the women’s steeplechase in Beijing. Treacy’s time of 9:48.24 in the fastest of the three heats saw her ranked 29th overall of the 45 starters. It was – to state the obvious – a tale of three heats, with the top three from […]
In a thrilling finish to the SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy 10 Mile, Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu just held off the challenge of Thomas Fitzpatrick from Tallaght for victory. The pair were given an identical time of 49 mins 18 secs. Third was Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir in 50 mins 6 secs. First woman by some way was […]
World Championships – Irish times (seven hours behind Beijing) Day 1 – Sat 22 Aug Men 800m – Ht 3 : 5 Mark English (UCD) 1:46.69 (q). SF3: 5 1:45.55. 400m hurdles – Ht 4: 3 Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 49.56 (Q).SF1: 4 48.71 Day 2 – Sun 23 Aug Men 20km Walk – Alex Wright […]
Kevin Maunsell made it a home win at the 6th annual Boston Scientific Clonmel Half Marathon. His time of 68 mins 19 secs knocked almost two minutes off the course record. First woman was Aoife Cooke of Youghal AC in 82 mins 12 secs. At the Celbridge 5km, Brandon Hargreaves of DSD was a comfortable […]
On the final day of competition at the World Masters in Lyon, Galway’s Martin McEvilly was pipped for gold in the M65 2000m steeplechase. Winner was Belgium’s Johny Boextaens in 7:42.01; McEvilly was just fractionally behind. With a total of 26 medals – eight gold, eight silver and ten bronze – Ireland ended up 23rd […]
Ciaran Doherty of Letterkenny is Ireland’s latest medal winner at the World Masters in Lyon. In the M40 steeplechase, Doherty took silver when he finished second in a time of 9:23.77. Winner was Spain’s Jo Blanco Quevado in 9:15.24; third was another Spanish athlete Manuel Nunez in 9:36.72. It was a second world masters title […]
After winning the 800m earlier in the week, West Waterford’s Joe Gough decided to go for the Irish record in the M60 1500m at the World Masters Championships in Lyon. Lying eighth with 300m to go, he ut in a huge effort to move up to third place, finishing in 4:38.36 and smashing the Irish […]
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