Cathal Dennehy
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Freelance sports journalist. Work appeared: Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Runner's World, World Athletics, @spikesmag , Guardian
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With an athlete like Rhasidat Adeleke, you always have a chance.
Piece on last night's brilliant Irish bronze at the World Relays, and what it means for the road ahead.
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Noah Lyles has had just about enough of US sports teams calling themselves world champions.
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Oh, Munster schools cross country, don't ever change.
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If this is true, and Mbappe is an under-18 boy, he'd have been ranked joint-433rd in the world over 100m last year🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Incredible run by Ciara Mageean in Brussels, carving two seconds off Sonia O'Sullivan's Irish 1500m record to clock 3:56.63 and beat a truly world-class field.
The best performance by an Irish athlete for many years.
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Shericka Jackson asked if she considers herself the true world record holder given the doubts around the legitimacy of Flo-Jo's 21.34.
"If a person has not failed a test, it is the world record."
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And there it is - the first Irish sprinter ever to win an NCAA title, and the first Irish champion at NCAAs for 17 years.
Another huge Irish record for
@rhasidatadeleke
, who moves into the top 20 on the world 400m all-time list.
TRACK. DEFENDED!
Rhasidat Adeleke made a statement with her time of 49.20 🔥
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Sha'Carri Richardson says there's nothing but love between Jamaica and USA at these champs.
"I'm glad the win I had in the 100 actually has brought unity. Even though we're competitors, that doesn't mean we have to be enemies."
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The best, bravest run of
@ciaramageean
's career as she wins European 1500m silver behind the magnificent Laura Muir.
Muir was a world silver medallist last month. Ennaoui, who won bronze, was fifth in the world final, and Mageean just finished between them.
Stunning stuff.
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What a shot
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In Barcelona yesterday, Eric Domingo broke the world record for a marathon while pushing a wheelchair, clocking 2:53:28.
He pushed his mother, Silvia, who has multiple sclerosis and recently survived a serious case of Covid-19.
Averaged 4:07/km or 6:37/mile. Impressive.
📸EFE
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50.53 for
@rhasidatadeleke
to smash the Irish 400m record from lane one and finish 5th in a European final at the age of 19.
It was her 49th race of the year.
Astonishing effort. Astonishing athlete.
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"Did you ever have a moment's doubt you were going to be the champion?"
"Yes."
"Which part?"
"In the race? Like, the first 4,950."
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Ireland has its first ever field event champ at European U20s.
Elizabeth Ndudi jumps a big PB of 6.56m to take long jump gold in Jerusalem. Here's her last jump and celebration.
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2:01:09 for Eliud Kipchoge to smash his own marathon world record in Berlin and cement his place as the greatest of all time.
A vicious first half of 59:51 cost him a sub-2:01, but it's by some distance the best performance ever in a proper marathon.
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World 200m silver medallist Brittany Brown does not have a sponsor, and juggled jobs as a caregiver, babysitter and waitress this summer to fund her sporting dreams. "I just grinded," she said.
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.
@rhasidatadeleke
becomes the first Irishwoman ever to go below 50 seconds for 400m with 49.90 to finish second behind NCAA indoor champion and US indoor record holder Britton Wilson.
Another whopping Irish record, taking 0.43 off her previous mark.
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And she's in - Rhasidat Adeleke becomes the first Irish sprint finalist at the World Championships for 14 years.
Finishes 2nd to Olympic silver medallist Marileidy Paulino in her semi-final in 49.87
Her first global final, a week shy of her 21st birthday.
📸
@SportsfileSam
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Hard to think of an athlete since Usain Bolt who's had the crowd pull of Sha'Carri Richardson - another step forward today with a 10.85 in New York.
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Astonishing run by
@rhasidatadeleke
to break Joanne Cuddihy's Irish 400m record with 50.70.
She's now the fastest Irishwoman of all time at 60m, 200m, 300m and 400m.
And she's 19.
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Another astonishing run from
@rhasidatadeleke
, who clocks the fastest 400m in history by an Irishwoman, indoors or out, with 50.45 to win in New Mexico
📸
@TexasTFXC
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Paid a long overdue visit to Kaptagat to watch Eliud Kipchoge and the
@NNRunningTeam
train - it's as glorious a setting as I'd imagined.
Today's session:
8 x 1600 in 4:40 (2min rest)
8 x 400 in 63-64 (30-50-second rest)
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Here we go again: another huge national record for
@rhasidatadeleke
, who clocks 50.33 to win the 400m at the Big 12 Championships.
She'll be hard to stop at the NCAAs next month.
📸
@TexasTFXC
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"I’m 20 years old and a few years ago I never would've believed this moment would come. Dan Kilgallon and the sprints crew in Tallaght have pushed me on to newer heights and I’m so grateful. If I can do it, anyone else can do it."
@IsraelOlatunde5
- fastest Irishman in history
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That is one HELL of a start to the season.
Fastest 200m by an Irishwoman in history - obliterates her own Irish indoor record of 22.85 and quicker than her outdoor record of 22.59.
🌎 World Leader 🌎
Rhasidat Adeleke 🇮🇪 (
@TexasTFXC
) is the new world leader in women’s 200m (indoor) after winning in Albuquerque 🇺🇸 with 22.52s
🇮🇪🔥
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Awful news: Jerry Kiernan has passed away at the age of 67.
He finished 9th in the Olympic marathon in 1984, and in recent years he was coach to many of Ireland's best athletes, including Ciara Mageean and John Travers.
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Barely out of breath, Rhasidat Adeleke coasts into the world semi-final by taking victory in her heat in 50.80.
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Heartbreak. Heroism. The best run of her life, by some distance, right when she needed it most.
Ciara Mageean exhausted every fibre of her being in Budapest tonight, breaking the Irish record, making every right move.
And what did she get for it? 4th:
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That win by Ciara Mageean tonight is also the first ever by an Irish athlete in a Diamond League discipline.
(*Mark English's 2019 win in Birmingham was in a non-DL event)
📸
@James_Athletics
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If you ever wondered what the world's fastest start looks like at 1/8th speed, here's Christian Coleman ahead of tomorrow's Xiamen Diamond League.
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The bronze by Mark English is the first major championship medal for coach
@FeidhlimKelly
of
@dublintrackclub
- who lives, breathes and will die by this sport like few others.
No one has done more to raise standards in recent years.
Here's his current status
📸
@Gerard_OD_
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The brilliant Yaroslava Mahuchikh: world champion, despite it all.
"I want to show Ukrainian people are strong people. They never give up.
"Our military protect our country at home and today, I protect my country on the track."
It took her three days to make it to Belgrade.
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The fastest man in Irish history, indoors and out,
@IsraelOlatunde5
smashes the Irish 60m record to take the national title, clocking 6.57 to carve 0.04 off Paul Hession's mark.
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.
@ciaramageean
's record run in Bern tonight. Serious way to dispatch a quality field. A pair of two-time European 800m medallists behind her in Lamote and Buchel.
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What an athlete
🇦🇺 Sinead Diver smashes the Australian marathon record with 2:21:34 in Valencia.
The Irish-born athlete turns 46 in February and her previous best was 2:24:11.
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Irish sprinter Craig Lynch passed away in a car accident last night at the age of 29. He was national indoor 60m champion in 2016 and represented Ireland at European Championships, World Relays and many more internationals. A great athlete, and an even better guy.
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Reaction from the Irish women's 4x400m who have upset the odds to make the world final.
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Tommy Hughes continues to astonish - a 2:30:05 (unofficial) marathon in Manchester today.
That's 5:44 a mile - for 26.2 miles.
He's 62.
📸
@Kmcclurephoto
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It's only through shots like this - from
@kwarholm
's Instagram - that you can appreciate how bloody fast a 45-second 400m hurdles is.
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Another remarkable run by
@ciaramageean
to finish runner-up to the 1500m queen Faith Kipyegon, clocking 4:01.68 in the Diamond League final in Zurich.
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Today in making everyone feel old and slow: Emer McKee ran a 16:25 5K at the Lisburn Festival of Running, breaking her own age-group world best by 15 seconds.
She's 12.
📸
@Willowfield_TH
/ Keep Fit Ireland
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It's silver for
@rhasidatadeleke
at the NCAA Indoor Champs as she clocks 50.45 (with a scorching 23.07 first lap) to finish runner-up behind the winner of the second section, Britton Wilson, whose 49.48 is the second fastest in history.
📸
@TexasTFXC
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Israel Olatunde is the fastest Irishman of all time. 10.17 to break Paul Hession's national record and finish 6th in the European final.
Superb, superb sprinting.
What a future he has.
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How good was
@rhasidatadeleke
's Irish indoor record of 50.45 today?
It's quicker than the winning times at 15 out of 18 editions of the World Indoor Champs.
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An Irish mile record of 4:14.58 in Monaco for
@ciaramageean
to take more than 2.5 seconds off Sonia O'Sullivan's mark, which had stood since 1994.
The peerless Faith Kipyegon obliterates Sifan Hassan's world record out front with a 4:07.64.
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Jake Wightman - couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Astonishing run.
And his dad
@WightmanGeoff
somehow manages to hold it together with a brilliant commentary call in the stadium.
"That's my son," he finally says. "And he's the World champion."
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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A thread for the folk who love some world-class speed mechanics - here's
@TrayvonBromell
(9.76 100m) doing block work ahead of tomorrow's
@MillroseGames
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Sha'Carri Richardson - shortly after correcting the 1000th journalist who mispronounced her name - brings laughter from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce when talking about watching the Jamaican when growing up.
Ends with a prickly response to a question from
@jgault13
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Honestly, the most impressive performance I've ever seen from an Irish teenager.
Nick Griggs is only 16, lost his older brother in a car accident last month, and just smashed the best of Europe's U20s. Astonishing
A fourth gold medal for Ireland 🇮🇪 in just over 24 hours in Tallinn!
Only 16, Nicholas Griggs uncorks a last kilometre of 2:31 to run away from the field the 3000m! 💨
📈 That title also takes Ireland to the top of the medal table! 🥇🥈🥉
#Tallinn2021
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Nancy Kiprop, who finished 4th in the New York City Marathon, will use her $25,000 prize money to grow the school she built in Iten, Kenya for underprivileged children. It's currently got 145 students.
"I think next year, because of this, we will have over 200."
📸
@dsfisc
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Superb stuff by Sarah Lavin who breaks Derval O'Rourke's Irish record, clocking 12.62 to finish fifth in the world semi-final.
After the year she's had, that is an utterly spectacular performance.
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Two months ago, Sarah Lavin lost her boyfriend, Craig Breen, in a rally crash.
Somehow, some way, the Limerick Olympian is running on through the grief - as fast as ever.
"My heart is broken," she says. "It will be for quite a while."
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What a run from
@markenglish_
Eight years after his first European medal at the age of 21, he wins a bronze medal in Munich - with only the world indoor champion and world outdoor 1500m champion ahead of him.
Composed, confident, and pure class from start to finish.
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Home are the heroes - lovely welcome back to the Olympic village for the champs by the rest of the Irish team.
#Tokyo2020
🎥
@philhealy2
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"There's a couple of occasions in your life where you manage to be in that zone and everything just comes together and you feel amazing. For me, that was today.
"I felt like I was running on clouds."
Ciara Mageean reflects on her Irish record with
@PACESportsMgmt
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen asked if he's disappointed no one went with him after the pacers stepped aside.
"You can't be disappointed with people not being better, unfortunately."
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One chapter closes, and a huge one opens for
@rhasidatadeleke
who announces on Instagram that she's going pro.
What a collegiate career it was at
@TexasTFXC
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"Honestly, I gave it my all, absolutely everything I had, threw everything at it. It's amazing to be fourth in the world and to come away disappointed with that."
Ciara Mageean holding her head high after finishing fourth in the world final.
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Another huge Irish record for
@rhasidatadeleke
who smashes her own 200m mark with a 22.34 (+1.8) in Florida.
Previous record was the 22.52 she ran indoors at altitude.
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A journey into the camp, and mindset, of the greatest marathoner of all time.
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Reaction from Rhasidat Adeleke after finishing fourth in the world final, six days shy of her 21st birthday
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6am start in Kaptagat for Eliud Kipchoge and the
@NNRunningTeam
for their most important workout of the week: the long run.
30K in 1:38 - that's 3:16/km or 5:15/mile - run on hilly terrain, mostly dirt roads at ~2,700m/8,800ft altitude.
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One hell of a run by 21-year-old Efrem Gidey, who came to Ireland as an asylum seeker in 2017 after fleeing Eritrea.
6th in Europe at 10,000m and a PB of 27:59.22.
A run his with which his old coach at
@ClonliffeHAC
- Joe Cooper, who died in 2020 - would have been most proud.
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3:55.87 for Ciara Mageean and she breaks her Irish 1500m record in Brussels, finishing a close second to Laura Muir, who's looking back to her best with victory in 3:55.34.
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"That was one of the easiest 50.8s I've ran. I felt really, really good, really controlled."
Rhasidat Adeleke is back in the world semi-final - 8:12pm Irish time tomorrow
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Huge run by Fionnuala McCormack at the Valencia Marathon - 2:23:58 to finish fifth and take 3mins off her best. Leaves her 2nd on Irish all-time list behind Catherina McKiernan's 2:22:23.
Comes hot on the heels of Barry Keane's national indoor 5K record last night with 13:25.96.
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Heck of a start to the World Champs for Sarah Lavin who clocks the second quickest time of her career - 12.69 - to qualify automatically in third for tomorrow's semi-final.
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A 30-second last 200m at the age of 70 is some going.
Joe Gough of Ireland produces a 30 second last 200 including wave to win the M70 1500m world masters title
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If ever you felt too young, old or slow, these two Northern Irish athletes won't make you feel any better.
12-year-old Emer McKee ran a 16:40 5K last weekend, below the age-12 world record, while 61-year-old Tommy Hughes ran a 2:31:18 marathon
📸
@irishnewssport
/ Keith McClure
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Likely the best run of
@ciaramageean
's career as she smashes Sonia O'Sullivan's Irish 1000m record by three seconds, clocking 2:31.06 to finish third against the very best in Monaco.
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Thomas Barr clips a hurdle that costs him an Olympic final.
Rhys McClenaghan clips a handle with a finger and loses an Olympic medal.
Aidan Walsh defaults his semi-final after getting injured celebrating.
Whatever luck the Irish have, it's absent in Tokyo this weekend.
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More absurdity from
@nickgriggs4321
- the 17-year-old Tyrone star ignores the pacer and solos a 3:43.71 at NIA Live to smash the Irish U20 indoor 1500m record of 3:44.85.
Just off Ray Flynn's outdoor U20 record of 3:42.66.
He truly is something special.
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Just to put this into context as it didn't get half the coverage it deserves:
O'Connor's points total yesterday would have placed her 6th, 4th, 12th, 14th & 14th at the last 5 Olympics. At the last 5 World Champs: 11th, 7th, 12th, 9th, 8th.
And she's only 20.
.
@kateoc2000
has absolutely smashed her Irish heptathlon record with a tally of 6,297 points to finish 2nd in a world-class field in Italy - puts her firmly in line for Olympic qualification.
She set PBs in four out of seven events to add 204 points to the Irish record.
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More than 20 years of coaching went into that - and
@noelleleahellie
in tears as she greets
@sarahlavin_
after coaching her to fifth in the European final, just 0.1 away from a medal.
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Rhasidat Adeleke will make her Diamond League debut in Monaco on Friday week, taking on Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Britton Wilson.
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Astonishing stupidity, or just plain ignorance. I can't tell which.
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"We're back in business," says
@TomBarr247
after winning in Turku in 48.39, his fastest time since 2018. He's only run faster in the Olympic and European finals.
#ContinentalTourGold
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.
@rhasidatadeleke
with another massive Irish record - her sixth this year - at NCAA Regionals, clocking 49.54 to smash the previous 400m mark (49.90).
Puts her
#4
in the world this year. Would have won silver in last year's world final, and placed 4th in the last Olympic final.
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After 7 years commentating on
@irishathletics
live streams, sad to say our entire commentary team has been cut due to a wish to "widen the pool" of commentators.
No contact was made until we enquired yesterday and none of us will be part of the coverage of this year's nationals
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With a slew of national records and personal bests in that Rome 3K, many owe
@SeanTobin94
a pint.
Pacemaking so easy to mess up and Steve Cram cast major doubt on his ability on commentary - 59, 1:59, 2:59, 3:59 - perfection.
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Four heroes, plus a fifth - Rhasidat Adeleke - on the sidelines.
Amazing result for Irish athletics, for Irish sport, for Ireland.
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.
@rhasidatadeleke
continues to tear it up in Texas. At the Big 12 Champs last night she broke Phil Healy's Irish senior 200m record with 22.96 (0.8m/s) and the Irish U20 & U23 100m records with 11.31 (1.0m/s).
The Tokyo Olympics are now firmly within reach for the 18-year-old.
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Huge run by the Irish women's 4x400m to finish 4th in their heat and make the final as a time qualifier, clocking 3:26.18, just 0.12 outside the national record.
USA were DQ'd for breaking the zone. Fastest anchor leg of all in the race yet again by Sharlene Mawdsley at 50.01.
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Blazing start to the year for
@rhasidatadeleke
who clocks 36.87 for 300m indoors at the Clemson Invite - by far the fastest ever by an Irishwoman.
Fastest indoor time previous was 37.56 by Phil Healy. Fastest outdoor time:
37.07 by Karen Shinkins
📸
@TexasTFXC
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Tobi Amusan was not keen to talk about what led to her charge for whereabouts violations
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Ireland win Division three of the European Team Champs, and as you can see, they're very happy about it.
Moving on up to Division two next time.
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No medals for the Irish at
#iaafworlds
, but our flag got to do a lap of honour. Murielle Ahoure, winner of the women's 60m was helped out by Irish fans after being unable to find an Ivory Coast one.
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By now it’s an almost weekly occurrence, but the frequency of her brilliance shouldn’t detract from its force.
@rhasidatadeleke
again taking a wrecking ball to multiple Irish records.
Today's 400m mark, 49.90, would have been 4th in the last world final
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What a run by Phil Healy. Three world-class acts ahead of her and she was right there with them to the line. Fastest 400 of her life in her third race in two days. Cruel it won't be rewarded with a medal.
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Letsile Tebogo on *that celebration:
"I saw the fans and I wanted to remind them of what
@usainbolt
did back in the days. He's my idol, the person I look up to. If somebody took it as disrespect, I'm really sorry."
What does he think he'd have run if all out?
"I think a 9.80."
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Laura Muir on Faith Kipyegon:
"She's the greatest of all time. She doesn't get enough credit. She's won everything there is. I've got a lot of respect for her and I'm very, very happy to see her winning gold and I'm honoured to he behind her in that race."
#Tokyo2020
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49.47-second split for
@rhasidatadeleke
to anchor
@TexasTFXC
to victory at the Texas Relays, holding off NCAA indoor champion/US indoor record holder Britton Wilson.
That is...fast.
(Is now a good time to mention Ireland didn't pick her for the mixed relay squad in Tokyo?)
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There it is, the biggest win of
@rhasidatadeleke
's career - European U20 100m gold in 11.34 (+1.4) for the 18-year-old Tallaght star, and she made it look easy.
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After last night's 1500m final, her fourth race in four days, Sifan Hassan went to the warmup track and did 400m reps in 64-65, with 30-40 seconds between.
"At least" five of them, according to someone who was there.
📸
@GettyImages
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Sarah Lavin just ran the second fastest time of her career to win Division three at the European Team Championships, clocking 12.82.
The strength she's showing, on and off the track, is truly remarkable.
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Outstanding run by
@NadiaPower6
in Torun to smash her Irish indoor 800m record, clocking 2:00.98 to finish third.
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