Cathal Dennehy
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Through seven decades of coaching, Will Logan changed countless lives - mine included. Saturday column on saying goodbye to a beloved figure in Limerick athletics.
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Noah Lyles has had just about enough of US sports teams calling themselves world champions.
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10 years ago, when Rhys McClenaghan was 15, coach Luke Carson wrote out a long-term plan for him that would culminate at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a gold medal. They've done it.
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Great perspective on just how damn high 6.25m is.
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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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Kylian Mbappe has clocked an estimated speed of 10.9 seconds over 100m 💨. That's just over a second slower than Usain Bolt's world record 😳. #UCL
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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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The Cranberries blaring out in the Bercy Arena as Rhys McClenaghan is confirmed as the Olympic champion🏅
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Adeleke asked if there's any positive to take from finishing 4th in an Olympic final at just 21. "No, that’s not positive. Some people come here to participate and are just happy to be at the Olympics and to call themselves an Olympian. I knew what I was capable of.".@sportsfile
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The Irish quartet are walking a lap to say thanks to all the fans in the stadium. Crazy support here these last couple of days.
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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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Are you not entertained?🏅. Daniel Wiffen becomes the ninth athlete in history to win Olympic gold for Ireland, the nation's first ever male Olympic champion in swimming. A stunning last 100m to blast past Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri and smash the Olympic record with 7:38.19
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Watching back the Olympic 1500m final and noticed something that hasn't really been discussed. In Tokyo, everyone pointed to the role Timothy Cheruiyot played, helping Ingebrigtsen win by pushing the pace mid-race. But Cheruiyot did something just as important here. Thread:
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Some photo - the Olympic stage was hers alone.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is just on another level 😮💨. That's what a 50.37 400m hurdles world record looks like 🖼️. #Paris2024 #OlympicGames
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50.37 for 400m hurdles is one of the greatest performances in athletics history, maybe the greatest of them all. Just absolutely astonishing.
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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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Lots of tears shed by Ciara Mageean to make this moment happen. And now they're flowing again as she stands for Amhrán na bhFiann as the European champion.
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What a shot.
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Have a feeling Covid is having a far bigger impact at these Games than most people realise.
After his bronze medal in the 200m, US Track and Field have confirmed Noah Lyles has Covid. #BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024
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Champions of Europe - and Amhrán na bhFiann rings out in Rome.
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That moment you realise you're an Olympic medallist. What a stunning effort by Mona McSharry to win bronze in the 100m breaststroke. Superb stuff from the Sligo star🥉
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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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Rhasidat Adeleke confirms she'll be back tomorrow to join forces with the Irish women's 4x400m team in the Olympic final.
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Rhasidat Adeleke finishes second in her semi-final in 49.95. She becomes:. The first Irishwoman ever to make an Olympic sprint final. The first Irish athlete ever to make an Olympic final in a flat sprint event. Final is Friday - 7pm Irish time. 📸 @SportsfileSam
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How good was that run by the Irish 4x400m women?. That's the first time ever that a team has broken 3:20 and not won a medal in the event. Their 3:19.90 would have been enough for silver in every Olympic final apart from 1988. H/T to @Statman_Jon.
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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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Tears of joy for Sean Aigboboh who clocks 10.55 to reach the World U20 100m semi-finals. What's behind the rise in Irish athletics?. "A big part of it is Rhasidat, Israel, the mixed 4x4, women’s 4x4, they’re pushing the sport into the limelight. Everyone wants to join the sport"
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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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Armagh's proudest son:. "What more can you say? We're All Ireland Champions and Olympic champions."
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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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Faith Kipyegon has won her appeal and been reinstated as the 5000m silver medallist.
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Rhasidat Adeleke obliterates the Irish 100m record with a time of 11.13 (+0.7) to win the national title. Sarah Lavin second in 11.37. Incredible reception from by far the biggest crowd I've seen at Irish nationals.
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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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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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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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It's gold for Ciara Mageean in Rome. After bronze in 2016 and silver in 2022, she joins Sonia O'Sullivan as the only Irish athletes to win three medals at the Europeans. They're also the only two to have won individual gold for Ireland in the 90-year history of the event.
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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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.@IsraelOlatunde5 has smashed his own Irish 100m record by clocking 10.12 (1.7m/s) to win at the NEB Open in London. Previous Irish record was the 10.17 he ran in the 2022 European final. 📷 @sportsfile
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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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Ronnie Delany turns 90 today. A good time to look back at the last lap of the 1500m final in 1956 - from 11th at the bell to 1st at the finish. From the official Olympic film of the Melbourne Games:
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It's a first Diamond League win for Rhasidat Adeleke - she coasts to victory in Monaco in 49.17, the second fastest time of her career. Three weeks to Paris.
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First Irishwoman ever to win medals at multiple Games - and both are gold. Kellie Harrington with yet another masterclass. She joins Pat O'Callaghan, Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan as the only Irish Olympians to win gold at multiple Games. Different class.
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Impressive win by Sharlene Mawdsley in Bellinzona, coming from behind to clock 51.35 and beat her old rival Susanne Gogl-Walli (51.39) and Lieke Klaver (51.42)
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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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That's two out of three Olympic medallists in the women's 100m hurdles who are coached by Dubliner John Coghlan - who just a few years ago was physical conditioning coach for Meath GAA. (Having been unable to earn a living coaching athletics in Ireland). Some job once again.
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And they've done it. Thomas Barr, Rhasidat Adeleke, Chris O'Donnell and Sharlene Mawdsley smash the national record and join Sonia O'Sullivan as the only gold medallists for Ireland in the 90-year history of the European Championships. Stunning run.
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What was so impressive there from Ciara Mageean was that as half of Ireland was panicking on the final bend when she was boxed, she stayed calm, ran the inside line, knowing a gap would probably open - and it did. World-class composure, world-class performer. What a kick.
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Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy step into history with back to back Olympic golds. O'Donovan is the first Irish athlete to win medals at three different Olympics. He is Ireland's greatest ever Olympian. Ireland's 5th medal of the Games, 2nd gold, and we're not even halfway
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No prouder parents right now than Sarah Healy's, who've been there through all the bad days and are here to see her become a European champion.
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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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Here's Rhasidat Adeleke's anchor leg of 50.78 to take her team to victory at the Texas Relays yesterday - her first race of the outdoor season.
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What a race that was, and what an effort from the Irish to win silver and take 2 seconds off the national record with 3:22.71. First time ever Ireland has won 4 medals at the Europeans. Splits:.Becker: 52.00.Adeleke: 49.36.Healy: 51.51.Mawdsley: 49.84
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And here's the moment Adeleke got her silver medal
She wanted more. Of course she did. But there was immense pride to be drawn from her first senior individual medal for Ireland. Likely the first of many. Piece from Rome on a stellar effort by Rhasidat Adeleke tonight .
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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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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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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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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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Whatever happens for the rest of their careers, they’ll always have this night.
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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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Still amazing there are people out there who think asking a doping question to an athlete who missed multiple drug tests and got banned for it is bullying/harassment. What is it about the cheats that they admire so much?.
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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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The emotion, the pride, the pain - this is exactly why people love the Olympics. To go sub-3:20 when it mattered most - it was one of the best collective performances in Irish athletics history. Hope all four will appreciate that in time.
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Race breakdown of that 400m final: . Adeleke hit 200m in 23.29. Ultimately, the difference between her and the medallists is doing that last 50m in 7.26 when they were all 6.9-7.0. The medallists are 26, 26 and 27. She's 21. That last part will come - with time and training.
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If ever an athlete deserved a great championship, it's Sarah Healy. So many heartbreaks in the past, so much work to get stronger, physically and mentally. Now she's European Indoor champion. "I'm so happy to do it," she tells the crowd. "There's so many Irish here, so thanks!"
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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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Ballinrobe's Oisín Joyce wins the first ever throws medal for Ireland at the World U20 Championships, throwing an Irish U20 record of 73.89m to win a brilliant javelin bronze in Lima, Peru. "I was bricking it for most of the competition, to be honest with you."
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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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Every leg was a stormer, but a special mention warranted for the splits of Thomas Barr (44.90) and Sharlene Mawdsley (49.40) here - both went so, so far beyond themselves tonight once they got the baton in hand.
And they've done it. Thomas Barr, Rhasidat Adeleke, Chris O'Donnell and Sharlene Mawdsley smash the national record and join Sonia O'Sullivan as the only gold medallists for Ireland in the 90-year history of the European Championships. Stunning run.
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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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The wait goes on for Rhasidat Adeleke's first global medal, but what an effort by the 21-year-old to try and win one. She comes home 4th in 49.28. The first Irish female sprinter ever to reach an Olympic final. Her time will undoubtedly come. 📸@GettyImages
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