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James Sullivan has been having a chat with one of the better Irish performers from the London Olympics, racewalker Laura Reynolds. Laura Reynolds is an elite racewalker from County Leitrim, Ireland. In her debut senior major championship at the 2012 Olympic Games in London she finished in 20th place in the 20k Walk, in a [...]
In 2012 Tori Pena (Pole Vault), Mairead Murphy (Heptathlon) and Anita Fitzgibbon (Javelin) became the latest women to set new Irish records. But how do these compare to the other marks set by Irish women? James Sullivan has compiled a list of women’s Irish outdoor senior records from the strongest to weakest. Athletics is arguably the most [...]
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 is back with another Q&A, this time with Irish middle distance runner Thomas Chamney, 3rd on the Irish all-time list for 800m. Thomas Chamney is an elite middle distance runner from County Cork, Ireland. He has competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games over 800m, and at two World Championships, at Osaka in [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting with another of Ireland’s up-and-coming talents, middle distance runner Paul Robinson. Paul Robinson is an elite middle distance runner from County Kildare, Ireland. He finished 9th in the 1500m at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada. He currently holds the Irish junior record for the mile with a clocking [...]
Having previously chatted to Claire Bergin, James Sullivan is back with an interview with another of the Irish women’s 4x400m relay quartet, Marian Heffernan. Marian Heffernan is an elite sprinter from County Cork, Ireland. She is currently a member of the Irish 4x400m relay team which finished 12th at the recent World Athletics Championships in [...]
James Sullivan has been having a chat with Maeve Kyle, OBE, Ireland’s first ever female Olympian, about her experiences in Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo, about life in Ireland during the 1950s and about the upcoming London Olympics. Maeve Kyle is a former athlete from County Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1956 she became the first woman to [...]
Mark English is an elite middle distance runner from County Donegal, Ireland, who specialises in the 800 metres. In 2010 he claimed the gold medal over 1000 metres at the European Youth Olympic Trials in Moscow. In 2011 he set Irish junior records over 800m indoors (1:48.63) and outdoors (1:47.09), the latter eclipsing the 15 [...]
It has been another eventful year of athletics, with jaw dropping performances, some shock results, along with a touch of controversy. James Sullivan takes us through Part 1 of his A-Z of the 2011 athletics year. PART 1 (A-H) A – Allyson One of track and field’s finest ambassadors, Allyson Felix, had another eventful [...]
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 [...]
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