Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole proved that she is still the woman to beat when she won the Autumn Open Cross-Country over the newly-launched National Cross-Country Course at Abbotstown. McCormack proved the class of the field in the women’s 6000m, beating Polish visitor Paulina Kaczynska by over half a minute. Showing a welcome return to form […]
Gladys Ganiel of North Belfast Harriers won the Leiden Half Marathon in Belgium this morning. With selection for the Rio ’16 marathon squad taking place tomorrow, Ganiel had hoped to prove her fitness by running a fast time. Unfortunately, warm, muggy conditions and cobbles on quarter of the course meant times generally were slow and […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD finished eighth overall in a time of 34 mins 38 secs at the North West 10km in Letterkenny yesterday. McCambridge, a previous overall winner of this race, was using the race as a final tune-up before the Riga Marathon in Latvia on Sunday May 15. Claire McCarthy of Leevale, who dropped […]
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 […]
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