John Coghlan of MSB continued his recent winning streak with victory in the SSE Airtricity Series Fingal 10km in Swords. Coghlan , who won the Liberties 4-Mile last Thursday, saw off the challenge of Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk with Peter Somba from Dunboyne third and Tallaght’s Tomas Fitzpatrick fourth and first M35. Gladys Ganiel of North […]
Michaela Walsh of Swinford took bronze in the women’s hammer winning Ireland’s second medal at the European U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy today. Walsh’s throw of 62.17m was marginally less than the 62.33m she threw in qualifying but still enough for a comfortable third place. She also finished seventh in the shot put with 15.62m. […]
Gina Akpe Moses is Ireland’s latest gold medal winner after taking the 100m title at the European U20 Track and Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy this afternoon. Running from lane 5, Akpe-Moses, from the Blackrock club in Dundalk, though now based in England, won a closely fought race in 11.71 secs after showing solid form […]
Gina Akpe-Moses of the Blackrock Co Louth club and Ciara Neville of Emerald AC have both made it through to the final of the 100m on the opening day of the European U20 Track and Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy. Akpe Moses won her heat this morning and then finished second in her semi-final to […]
Thomas Barr of Ferrybank is completely recovered from a recent injury and definitely running in the 400m hurdles at this weekend’s Irish Life Health Track and Field Championships. He’ll be joined on the line by his training partner Paul Byrne of St Abban’s who recently ran a lifetime best of 50.04 secs. Also lining out […]
Jason Smyth from Derry Track Club has added the T13 200m title at the Para Athletics World Championships in London to the 100m he won on Sunday. Smyth, who had comfortably won his heat yesterday stormed to victory with a season’s best time of 21.40 seconds, finishing well ahead of Namibia’s Johannes Nambala second in […]
Jason Smyth from City of Derry won his sixth World Championship gold medal when he won the T13 100m in a time of 10.63 seconds at the Para Athletics World Championships in London last night. Michael McKillop from North Belfast Harriers made it a double celebration for the Irish when he added the T38 800m […]
As has been the case all season, records tumbled in the field events at the final day of the Irish Life Health All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. Among the record breakers were multi-eventer Kate O’Connor who won the W18 high jump with 1.74m. Others were Conor Cusack (Lake District Athletics) […]
Ireland finished a fighting second overall behind all-conquering England in today’s SIAB Schools International in Santry. Highlights of the day included victory for the Irish girls in the 100m relay, with Patience Jumbo Gula bringing the team home after hard work by Lauren Roy, Rhasidat Adeleke and Niamh Foley. In a thrilling boys’ 4 x […]
Victory for Brian Gregan in in the 400m with a personal best 45.26 secs proved the highlight of the Morton Games in Santry tonight. The time was a meet record. After four years of struggle, Gregan, aged 27, is right back to his best and he proved it by moving smoothly into the lead with […]
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