Athletics
Introduction to Athletics
From the very first Olympic Games in 776BC to the revival of the modern Games in 1896, Athletics has always been part of the Olympic Games. It is identified with Greece’s centuries-old history and it is no accident that the Greeks list Athletics as a ‘classical sport’. In 776 BC, races were run in a 28.5 m wide stadium and distances such as the 192.27m race were the forerunners of the 200m event of the modern Olympic Games. For contact details of the National Federation in Ireland please click Full story
European Race Walking Team
The European Race Walking Cup will take place on May 19th in Dudince, Slovakia. Athletics Ireland are sending a team of seven walkers to the event. Robert Heffernan (Togher AC ),who placed fourth in the 2012 Olympics, will be looking to better his season’s best time of 1:21:59 which he set …
Irish athletes in Penn Relay
The Penn Relays will play host to the 14th edition of USA vs. The World relays on Saturday, April 27th. There is a high quality Irish team set to compete in the Penn Relays in the exciting men’s Distance Medley Relay (DMR) event. The Irish DMR team consists of Olympian …
National Endurance Coach
Athletics Ireland has formally named Chris Jones, the highly respected former Performance Director at Triathlon Ireland as their new National Endurance Coach — a new position at AAI. Athletics Ireland High Performance Director Kevin Ankrom said “We had a wide pool of outstanding applicants for the position and we are …
World Cross Country
Battling performances by the Irish women’s team of Fionnuala Britton, (14th), Mary Cullen, (27th), Linda Byrne, (32nd), Ava Hutchinson, (42nd) and Lizzie Lee, (70th) brought the European Champions home in fifth position in yesterday’s World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Irish women combined well to finish top European …
Good perfomance at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships
Olympian Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) ran a superb race to claim the bronze medal in the women’s 3,000m on the final day of the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Wicklow athlete showed incredible grit and determination as she bagged the bronze medal in a dramatic last …
World Indoor Team Selected
Athletics Ireland have selected eleven athletes for the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden due to take place from the 1st-3rd of March. Kevin Ankrom Athletics Ireland High Performance Director commented, “We definitely have the opportunity to win medals with the profile of performers competing …
European Indoor Selection
Athletes Pre Selected for European Indoor Championships: Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers AC) Coach: John Shields Brian currently lies top of the 2013 European Indoor rankings in the 400m with his time of 46.07 which he set at the Athletics Ireland Open Games on January 27th. He continued his …
Cummin Clancy 1948 Olympian RIP
The death has taken place in Garden City, New York of Irish Olympian Cummin Clancy who hailed from Oughterard, Co. Galway. His funeral will take place in St. Joseph’s Church, Franklin Ave., Garden City on Wednesday next (Feb 20). A member of An Garda Siochana, he was the Irish champion …
Four-time Olympian Olive Loughnane Retires
Statement from Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland “On behalf of her fellow athletes, colleagues and friends in the Olympic Movement, I send Olive every good wish on her retirement from competitive sport. Olive always embodied the true Olympic spirit with her race walking performances, her uplifting, …
Gregan on form in Athlone
Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers) recorded one of the fastest 400m times in the world this year at the AAI Indoors at the weekend. His time of 46.07 is also well inside the standard for the European Indoor championships, and is the fastest time ever run for an indoors 400m in Ireland. The …
London 2012