Athletics
# athletics - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back
The invitation applies to more than 5,000 people who were stopped on the course when the race was shut down at 2:50 p.m.
# athletics - Saturday 11 May, 2013
8 reasons why P.E was the only reason to get out of bed for school
Including piano goal celebrations, Spiderman undies in the public swimming pool and vomit-inducing rope climbs.
# athletics - Friday 3 May, 2013
Derval O’Rourke in line for medal upgrade as rival charged with doping
Nevin Yanit won the European title in Gothenburg in March
# athletics - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Days after the Boston bombings, this man is competing in London Marathon
Keith Luxon is running in his 72nd long-distance event today.
# athletics - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Interview: Galway native on top of the world after North Pole victory
Gary Thornton was more relieved than anything else to finish the icy course last week.
# athletics - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Boston, from Heartbreak Hill to Heartbreak Marathon
Stephen O’Byrnes, a veteran marathon runner who completed the Boston Marathon ten years ago, explains how bombing the finishing straight is a particularly wicked and cruel act.
# athletics - Sunday 14 April, 2013
7 of the best pictures from the Great Ireland Run
Kenenisa Bekele won today’s event in the Phoenix Park.
# athletics - Friday 12 April, 2013
Derval O’Rourke’s Friday evening routine puts us to shame
Is this what people mean when they talk about that “Friday feeling”?
The Great Ireland Run, featuring world champs, Bressie and our boy Leo
We hear Minister Varadkar is planning to slipstream Kenenisa Bekele on the final straight.
# athletics - Monday 8 April, 2013
Britton pulls out of Great Ireland Run with fatigue
The Wicklow runner is in need of a rest and will not compete in this Sunday’s event.
# athletics - Friday 5 April, 2013
Oscar Pistorius family deny comeback rumours
There has been speculation Pistorius would attempt to qualify for the World Championships in Moscow after he returned to the training track recently.
# athletics - Sunday 31 March, 2013
‘I find it hard not to take it personally’ — Derval O’Rourke ‘disappointed’ by grants cut
The Cork athlete was granted just €12,000 this year.
# athletics - Thursday 28 March, 2013
‘There’s no shortage of money there’ – Colin Griffin on Irish Sports Council funding
The two-time Olympic race walker is weighing up his next move after missing out on a grant for 2013.
# athletics - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Cross Country: Britton top European as Ireland take 5th at World Championships
Ireland’s double Cross Country European champion had to settle for 14th on the world stage.
# athletics - Saturday 23 March, 2013
IAAF and WADA quash reports of doping suspicion over Turkish duo
Reports yesterday had claimed Cakir Alptekin and Nevin Yanit were at the centre of a doping scandal.
# athletics - Monday 11 March, 2013
Reeva Steenkamp case: Oscar Pistorius lawyers appeal bail conditions
The athlete’s lawyers insist he should be allowed to travel outside of South Africa and drink alcohol.
# athletics - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# athletics - Monday 4 March, 2013
In pictures: Ciaran O’Lionaird and Fionnuala Britton land back with Indoor medals
There was some excess baggage for two athletes, back form Sweden.
Dancing hurdler Michelle Jenneke rehabs injury in very Michelle Jenneke way
The Aussie gets gold for self-promotion.
# athletics - Sunday 3 March, 2013
‘Medals are so hard to get. It’s something special’ – Britton
The Kilcoole AC runner won bronze in the 3000m final in Gothenburg this afternoon.
# athletics - Friday 1 March, 2013
Derval O’Rourke was this close to a medal at the European Indoors this evening
Ireland’s Derval O’Rourke ran a season’s best in the 60m hurdle final but missed out on a medal by one-hundredth of a second.
Indoor Championships: Ó Lionáird continues return to the top
The Corkman took his place in the 3000 metre European final with a tactically impressive run this morning.
Indoor Championships: Gregan dominates 400m heat
The Dubliner coasted to victory in 46.97 seconds in Gothenburg this morning.
Indoor Championships: O’Rourke eases through 60m heat
The Cork athlete came second in her heat this morning, clocking a season’s best time in the process.
# athletics - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Get ready, Gothenburg — you are about to witness the return of The Bullet with the Mullet
It looks like Ciaran O’Lionaird has gone back to his much-loved hairstyle.
Britton returns to Gothenburg with the World Cross Country Championships on the horizon
The European cross country champion is part of an 11-strong team competing in Sweden this weekend.
# athletics - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
That’s a lot of zeroes! Diamond League organisers splash out to bring Bolt to Paris
Guess how much his appearance fee is?
# athletics - Monday 25 February, 2013
The 11 Irish athletes going to European Indoors this week (and when you can see them)
The European Indoor Championships begin in Gothenburg on Friday morning.
# athletics - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Marathon runner, 101, sad over retirement
“I do not really want to hear the word ‘retire’ because I can still run and jump on a bus. It’s a (sense of) negativity that I have never experienced before.”
# athletics - Monday 18 February, 2013
Reeva Steenkamp case: Steroids found at Oscar Pistorius home — reports
The South African athlete is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow.
# athletics - Sunday 17 February, 2013
In pictures: Fionnuala Brittton takes win at national indoors
And there was plenty of other talking points in Athlone.
Colm Parkinson on Jerry Kiernan: ‘He’s an angry man… anyone from Kerry that hates football you have to wonder’
‘He’s a know-all. He doesn’t come across as a pundit.’
# athletics - Friday 15 February, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jerry Kiernan’s interview last night
The former Irish athlete has provoked a strong reaction from his views on the payment of grants to inter-county players.
# athletics - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
‘One of Ireland’s best’: Olive Loughnane retires from athletics
Loughnane represented Ireland at four Olympics and won world silver in Berlin in 2009.
# athletics - Sunday 27 January, 2013
In pictures: Impressive new Athlone facility hosts Athletics Ireland Indoor Games
Who wants to see Rob Heffernan’s six pack?
# athletics - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Playfit creates 10 new jobs in fight against childhood obesity
The children’s fitness class company is to create 10 new jobs as a result of an expansion of its sports and activity services for three to eight-year-olds.
# athletics - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Djokovic and Ennis win top European Sportsperson awards for 2012
The runners-up were double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah and a Norwegian cross-country skiier.
# athletics - Thursday 20 December, 2012
2012 NYC Marathon runners can get a full refund, organisers say
Many Irish runners made the long trip to the Big Apple in vain.
# athletics - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Former Olympic champion fails drugs test
Olga Kuzenkova is under investigation after samples taken in 2005 tested positive.
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