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Irish Cross-Country Skier 47th at Worlds (updated)

Irish cross-country skier Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 47th in today’s classic 30km race at the World Nordic Skiing Championships in Lahti, Finland. Westgaaard clocked a time of 41 mins 03.2 secs, putting him 4 minutes 19 secs behind the winner Livo Niskanen of Finland. He was moved up two places when two competitors were disqualified […]

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Round-Up: Mageean runs 2:03.73 at Leinsters. Sweeney beats Graham at Stormont

Ciara Mageean showed that she’s coming into shape at exactly the right time for the European Indoors when she won the 800m at the Leinster Indoors in a time of 2:03.73. Mageean completed her first 400m in 62 seconds. At the Big East in Staten Island, Siofra Cleirigh Buttner ran 2:06.63 to win the women’s […]

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Maurice Timmins RIP

Maurice Timmins, a former president of the Business Houses Athletic Association had died. Maurice, a late comer to athletics, was a staunch Raheny Shamrock member and will be remembered as a prodigious marathon runner, running close to 200 marathons. One of the most recent was in Siberia. In 2004, he ran his 100th marathon – […]

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Added Time Bonuses for Ballycotton ’10’

This year, in an effort to raise the elite standard of the race and to celebrate the 40th annual event, there will be added time bonuses for the Ballycotton ‘10’ on March 12th. Along with the usual first three prizes (€500, €300 and €200) for men and women and the course bonuses of €500 for […]

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Round-up: Indoor titles for Travers, Healy, Gregan and Leon Reid. Clohisey wins Enniscorthy 10k. Foster runs 11.42 secs.

John Travers of Donore Harriers outsprinted Paul Robinson of St Coca’s for victory in a thrilling men’s 1500m at the Irish Life Health National Indoors in Abbotstown. Travers was timed at 3:50.44 to Robinson’s 3:50.55 with Raheny’s Cillian Kirwan coming from behind to finish third in 3:54.65. Olympic steeplechaser Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle was a […]

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Mageean wins 3000m at National Indoors

UCD’s Ciara Mageean was a clear winner of the 3000m at the opening day of the Irish Life Health National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown. Making the early pace in the race was Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack, with Mageean and Michelle Finn of Leevale on her heels. Finn was next to push the pace, but when Mageean […]

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