Youth Games

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has paid tribute to the Organising Committee of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games here by claiming the event “has exceeded all expectations”. The ten-day event, which officially ended tonight, has seen more than 1,000 athletes aged between 15 and 18 compete and …

Florence Bell finished a very impressive 24th place in the Girls Slalom event in Innsbruck today. A very big well done to  Florence in such difficult conditions.         Official Results are downloadable here. Wednesday January 18th 2012 I competed in my first race at the Youth Olympics …

Our photo shows Anne O'Connor, Secretary, Snowsport Association of Ireland (SAI). Florence Bell, Robert Norwood, President SAI and Jim Devlin, Chef de Mission at the Team Announcement in December.

The Irish European Youth Olympic Team arrived home on Saturday morning to a great welcome for family and friends. (The seven medallists pictured L to R: Brian O’Sullivan (Swimming) and from Athletics: Megan Kiely, Ruairi Finnegan, Siofra Buttner, Ben Kiely, Sarah Lavin and Karl Griffin)       Irish Team …

The Closing Ceremony of 11th European Youth Olympic Festival, will be held on this evening 29th of July. The EYOF 2011 Trabzon Coordination Group wil put on an fitting show for the young athletes , performance staff , family and friends. The Ceremony starts at 8.15 pm at Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium.   …

Ireland qualified second fastest for this afternoons girls 4 x 100m relay  in a time of 47.36 They were placed 6th in the final but we have just heard that there was an technical infringment in one of the changeovers and they have been DQ’d. Whilst the girls will be dissapointed …

Karl Griffin (pictured central) won bronze in the boys 800m………..details to follow       800m boys result: RANK LANE BIB NAME & SURNAME NOC BORN R.T.  RESULTS      1   6 30 Brecht BERTELS   BEL 09 OCT 1994    1:50.90    SB 2 7 483 Nemanja KOJIC …

Marcus Lawlor finishes 5th in the boys 200m final setting a new PB in the process 21.61 Ciara Doran finished 7th in the girls 200m final in a time of 24.87       200m boys result: RANK LANE BIB NAME & SURNAME NOC BORN R.T.  RESULTS      1 …

Ireland will compete in three finals tomorrow at the conclusion of the EYOF. Karl Griffen 800m , Marcus Lawlor 200m (pictured) , Ciara Doran 200m and the girls 4 x 100m relay teams are in action and theres a great opportunity to improve on Ireland total of 6 medals ( five on …

Ireland’s Brian O’Sullivan won bronze this evening in the 50m boys freestyle event in a time of 23.66. Fantastic result for the swim element of the team in a very competitive meet.     50m freestyle final result: RANK LANE NAME & SURNAME   NOC BORN  FINAL T.    1 …