Sara Treacy
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To let the Games begin, or not: Three Irish athletes give their thoughts on the Tokyo Olympics
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- January 18, 2021, 06:00
There are several countdown clocks situated at select locations around Tokyo which at this current time of writing read 186 days, 20 hours and 35 minu(...)

Fionnuala McCormack rises to the challenge in Denmark
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- March 31, 2019, 12:49
The high praise which greeted Fionnuala McCormack’s performance at Saturday’s World Cross Country in Denmark is built on several fronts. On the Aarhus(...)

IAAF introduce new dual qualification process for Tokyo Olympics
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- March 11, 2019, 15:38
Citius, Altius, Fortius . . . Irish athletes now know exactly what is required to qualify for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, and across most events the s(...)

Rio 2016: ‘They didn’t take credit cards’ - athlete’s father
- Sport
- August 23, 2016, 01:00
The father of Irish Olympic runner Sara Treacy has described his problems securing tickets for the Rio games through the official Irish channel and ho(...)

Thomas Barr claims semi-final spot in 400m hurdles
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- August 15, 2016, 17:29
You don’t need a medical degree to know that a hip and then a groin injury aren’t ideal preparation for a near flat-out race of 400 metres, which incl(...)

Sara Treacy makes 3,000m steeplechase final after successful appeal
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- August 13, 2016, 16:44
It’s hard enough running a 3,000m race that includes 28 barriers, each two and a half feet high, plus seven water jumps, without having athletes getti(...)

Sonia O’Sullivan: Ciara Mageean now destined for a higher level
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- July 14, 2016, 06:00
It was the last day of the European Athletics Championships, and it felt a little like Groundhog Day for Derval O’Rourke, Jerry Kiernan and I inside t(...)

Rob Heffernan walks into history as Irish Olympic squad confirmed
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- July 12, 2016, 15:22
It’s not the largest ever Irish athletics team being sent to the Olympics but it’s already somewhat historic, Rob Heffernan becoming the first athlet(...)

Ireland’s Ciara Mageean wins bronze at European Championships
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- July 10, 2016, 17:37
You know what they say about talent and the face of adversity, and Ciara Mageean is now smiling right back at it, a European Championship bronze medal(...)

Emotional Ciara Mageean celebrates making European Championship final
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- July 8, 2016, 13:59
Not every athlete can justify or afford to celebrate making a European Championship final with such deep satisfaction although for Ciara Mageean it’s (...)