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 […]
By John Walshe Last Sunday’s Ballyhooly 10km road race in North Cork saw a unique meeting between two people with historic miling connections. The race is held in honour of local man John Hartnett and this year the 1972 Olympian (who now lives in the US) was on hand to start the event and present […]
Pat Moore collected another medal for Ireland when he finished third in the M65 javelin at the World Masters in Lyon today with a throw of 43.75. In yesterday’s preliminary rounds, he threw 41.56m. Winner was Esa Kiuru of Finland with 50.95m. Just two days after winning 800m gold, West Waterford’s Joe Gough was lining […]
Carmel Parnell has won a second gold at the World Masters in Lyon – this time it’s in the W60 10,000m. Parnell’s time of 40:29.86 gave her over a minute and a half to spare on the second placed Dominique Combes of France who finished in 42:16.59. Mick Traynor of Raheny, who like Parnell had […]
Raheny’s Patrycja Wlodarczyk, running for her native Poland has won the W35 10,000m at the World Masters in Lyon, finishing in a time of 37 mins 05.31 secs. Cathy McCourt finished 4th in the W40 race in 39:15.28, while Jacqueline McMonagale was seventh W45 in 41:00.42. In the 200m semi-finals, both Hazel Galloway W55 and […]
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