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James Sullivan has been chatting to Australian 400m runner Steven Solomon, finalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Steven Solomon is an elite athlete from Sydney, Australia, who specialises in the 400m. At the 2012 World Junior Championships he claimed the bronze medal in a personal best time of 45.52 seconds. Just four weeks later [...]
James Sullivan is back with part 2 of his A-Z review of the 2012 athletics year. PART 2 (I-P) I – Istanbul Istanbul was the setting for the 14th World Indoor Championships, which took place between the 9th and 11th of March. In total, 618 athletes competed, representing 171 nations. 28 countries made it on to the medals [...]
2012 has been a memorable year of athletics with London playing host to possibly the most exciting and most popular Olympic Games in living memory. Like any year there have been some jaw dropping performances, shock results, with a sprinkling of controversy thrown into the mix. James Sullivan takes a look back at events from London [...]
With less than a week to go until the Olympic women’s 20k race walk, 2009 World silver medalist Olive Loughnane takes time out of her busy schedule to chat to James Sullivan. Olive Loughnane is an elite race walker from County Galway, Ireland. She has represented her country in major championships for over a decade [...]
With the Olympic Games less than one month away James Sullivan has been chatting to London-bound marathon runner Ava Hutchinson. Ava Hutchinson is an elite distance runner from Dublin, Ireland, who specialises in the marathon. She has been selected to represent Ireland at the 2012 London Olympic Games on the back of her 2:35:33 clocking [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting with London-bound race-walker Colin Griffin. Colin Griffin is an elite race-walker from County Leitrim, Ireland. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 50k Walk and has qualified for London 2012 in the same event. He finished in 11th place at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. His [...]
The next athlete in The Running Review hotseat is sprinter Niamh Whelan, who talks to James Sullivan about her background in the sport and her plans for 2012. Niamh Whelan is an elite sprinter from County Waterford, Ireland. She finished 11th in the 200m at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, missing out on a place in [...]
A little later than planned, but James Sullivan is back with the final installment of his A-Z of the 2011 athletics year. PART 3 (Q-Z) Q – Qualification standards With the London Olympics only around the corner, the dreaded B-Standard debate is well and truly under way. The Olympic Council of Ireland has firmly stated [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting with another of Ireland’s brightest prospects, 400 metre hurdler Jessie Barr, 5th at this year’s European Under-23 Championships. Jessie Barr is an elite athlete from County Waterford, Ireland, who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. At the 2011 European Under-23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, she finished in 5th place, recording a [...]
James Sullivan has been talking to Olympian Claire Bergin, currently a member of the Irish 4x400m team, about her experiences at the Vancouver Olympics and the recent Daegu World Athletics Championships, and her hopes for 2012. Claire Bergin is an elite sprinter and bobsledder from Dublin, Ireland. She was a member of the Irish bobsleigh team which [...]
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