Nick Griggs finished in third place in the European under-20 Cross Country championships in Brussels. The Tyrone athlete led Ireland to a gold medal in the team standings, beating Great Britain into second place. Griggs, who won silver in the event last year, was part of a breakaway group of three athletes in the 5000m […]
2 years ago
The Irish women’s 4x400m relay team have qualified for Sunday’s World Championship final. The odds were stacked against the team, who went to the line without their star performer Rhasidat Adeleke, but they upset the odds after a brilliant anchor-leg by Sharlene Mawdsley. The door was opened for the Irish team after the US messed […]
2 years ago
On a record-breaking day for Irish athletics, Sophie O’Sullivan’s barnstorming 1500m run was one of the main eye-catchers. Running for Washington track and field team, O’Sullivan smashed her own PB with a time of 4.08.06 which books her place in the NCAA finals in Austin on the weekend June 7-10. O’Sullivan, a daughter of Irish […]
2 years ago
Darragh McElhinney put in an incredible performance to finish in fourth place in the European indoor championships in Istanbul. The Cork man was gutted after his 3000m race – it was hardly any surprise that he broke down in his post-race interview with David Gillick – because, as everyone knows, fourth is one of the […]
3 years ago
Mark English ran a clever, composed and absolutely brilliant 800mts on Saturday night, to win a medal for the fourth time in his career at the European championships. English was just 21, way back in 2014, when he won the first one and, having won two indoor medals since, he showed us tonight, just like […]
3 years ago
Greg Allen could barely contain himself. Alongside him, his co-commentator David Matthews could only laugh. What a moment that was. Leevale’s Louise Shanahan has been in the form of her life recently but this, as one of the toughest races she’s ever ran, in one of the most stacked fields she’s ever come across, was […]
3 years ago