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. […]
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 […]
Michael McKillop has taken a second gold at the Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, winning the 1500m in 4:16.21. This is McKillop’s seventh world championship gold medal and his second of the week after his 800m win last Saturday. In a hot and humid evening, McKillop turned on the speed just before the […]
Sprinter Jason Smyth and middle distance man Michael McKillop both struck gold at Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, this evening. Smyth won the T13 100m in 10.62seconds to take his fifth world title and his third at 100m; the other two are at 200m. After knee surgery earlier this year – and the […]
World champion race walker Robert Heffernan leads a list of 11 athletes who are to receive cash grants under the Irish Sports Council carding scheme. Heffernan gets the top grant of €40,000, along with Paralympians Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop and Orla Barry. Fionnuala Britton, who finished fourth at the European Cross-Country having won the title […]
CANOEING: Update – Peter Egan duly won the K1 at the National Marathon Canoe Championships and then paired up with Gary Mawer to take his seventh consecutive K2 title (two of them with Neil Fleming; the rest with a number of different partners). With defending champion Neil Fleming a doubtful starter, Peter Egan of host […]
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