Thomas Barr was forced to withdraw from Monday’s 400m hurdles semi-final at the World Track and Field Championships in London due to a vomiting bug. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD, the only Irish track athlete left in the competition, went out in the heats of the 800m on Thursday. Of the walkers, a hamstring tear […]
Sinead Diver from Belmullet in Co Mayo finished 21st in the marathon at the World Championships in Beijing. Representing Australia, the Melbourne-based Diver crossed the line in 2:36:38. Aged 38, Diver moved to Australia at the age of 25 and is a mother of two. She took up running five years ago and caught the […]
Some interesting marathon results – in Chicago, Tom Frazer, who has lived in the USA for some years, recorded a time of 2:19.53. In Australia, Sinead Diver ran 2:34.15 to finish second in the Melbourne Marathon. Diver, aged 37, was born and brought up in Ireland. She moved to Oz when she was 24 and […]
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