Was Rhasidat Adeleke unfairly denied an Olympic bronze medal in Paris?Athletics Integrity Unit’s charge against Bahrain Athletics Association raises serious questions – including about the merit of Salwa Eid Naser’s Olympic 400m silver medalSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Bahrain charged with ‘serious anti-doping rule violations’ before Paris OlympicsCountry was limited to sending 10 athletes to Paris, one of which was 400m silver medalist Salwa Eid Naser, who was previously banned for a doping violationThu Aug 22 2024 - 12:48
An honourable track record: Ireland at the Olympics, 1924-2024A century after athletes first represented the Irish Free State at the Olympic Games in Paris, the largest and most ambitious Team Ireland travels to the French capital. The intervening 100 years have seen remarkable achievements by Irish sportspeopleThu Aug 22 2024 - 10:01
Irish sprinter Israel Olatunde to join Olympic champion Noah Lyles’s elite training groupOlatunde is moving to Florida to join group coached by Lance Brauman after breaking his own 100m record last SundayWed Aug 21 2024 - 15:05
Siobhán McCrohan gets defence of her world title under way in impressive styleIrish rower won the third of four heats comfortably, going straight into Friday’s semi-finalsTue Aug 20 2024 - 18:25
Michael Darragh Macauley named new chief executive of Sanctuary Runners Former Dublin footballer takes over from Graham Clifford, who is now developing the organisation internationallyTue Aug 20 2024 - 06:00
Israel Olatunde eyeing magical 10-second barrier as he sets new Irish 100m record Israel Olatunde targeting 10-second barrier after he clips .05 off his own former mark of 10.17 to set new Irish 100m record of 10.12 at Newham in London on SundayMon Aug 19 2024 - 19:26
Paul O’Donovan sets second fastest time in World Rowing Championships heatsIrish rower back in action in the single sculls as Italy’s Niels Torre sets new lightweight world recordSun Aug 18 2024 - 20:19
Ian O’Riordan: Athletics deserves a bigger share of the sport funding pieThe stats show just how difficult athletics medals are to win at Olympic level and our top athletes deserve all the funding help they can getSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Athletics facilities: Dublin well-served but Cork among large parts of the country severely lackingParis Olympic review: Though now basking in our athletes’ recent success, we can expect a renewed focus on facilities, funding and coaching to be high on the agendaThu Aug 15 2024 - 05:15
Fionnuala McCormack finishes 28th in Olympics marathon as Sifan Hassan makes historyWicklow runner becomes first Irish woman to compete in five Olympic GamesSun Aug 11 2024 - 13:07
Olympics: Ireland just miss out on medal with agonising fourth in women’s 4x400m relay finalHeroic effort to chase bronze medal by Irish quartet as US win goldSat Aug 10 2024 - 22:41
Olympic mixed zone leads to a familiar churn of emotionsExperience of Paris Olympics leaves its mark on Sarah Lavin who notes things ‘that have touched me and will stay with me more than a gold medal ever could’Sat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Olympics: So near, yet so far as Rhasidat Adeleke misses out on 400m medalRhasidat Adeleke edged out of bronze position in last 30m, with gold taken by an impressive Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican RepublicFri Aug 09 2024 - 22:06
Olympics: Ireland qualify for final of women’s 4x400m relaySophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley finish behind Jamaica and the Netherlands to earn a place in Saturday’s finalFri Aug 09 2024 - 14:48
Paris 2024: Opportunity comes knocking on the biggest stage for Rhasidat AdelekeTwenty-one-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke will be the first ever Irish woman to line up in a sprint event final at the Olympic GamesFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Marie-José Pérec’s career a timely reminder that Rhasidat Adeleke is only starting out on Olympic journeyLegendary French runner Marie-José Pérec won three Olympic gold medals and her 400m winning time of 48.25 in Atlanta in 1996 still stands as the Olympic recordFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone touches the seemingly impossible by smashing 400m hurdles world recordBotswana win first gold medal in Olympics history as Letsile Tebogo wins 200mThu Aug 08 2024 - 21:53
‘It affected my performance’: Noah Lyles Covid diagnosis revealed as he finishes third in 200mLetsile Tebogo wins first ever gold for Botswana on night as Lyles left arena in wheelchairThu Aug 08 2024 - 21:16
Soufiane El Bakkali wins 3000m steeplechase after world record holder Lamecha Girma suffers horrible fall Ethiopian clipped barrier with his leg, and with that sent himself flying high and then rolling onto the trackWed Aug 07 2024 - 21:55
Rhasidat Adeleke into the Olympic 400m final after ‘messy’ semi-final where she did just enoughIrish sprinter finished second behind Salwa Eid Naser and was sixth fastest qualifier for her first Olympic finalWed Aug 07 2024 - 21:26
Athletics repechage Q&A: How does it work and what do the athletes think?It was agreed the repechage round would apply to all individual track events from 200m to 1,500m in distance, including the hurdles events; the 100m already has a preliminary round.Wed Aug 07 2024 - 19:00
Mark English and Sarah Lavin book Olympic semi-final spots after dramatic morningSophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy just miss out in 1,500m semi-finals after both came fourth in repechage roundWed Aug 07 2024 - 13:24
Cole Hocker delivers one of the all-time Olympic shocks in 1,500m final as Ingebrigtsen misses outJakob Ingebrigsten can only manage fourth after leading the final until the last few stridesTue Aug 06 2024 - 20:19
Rhasidat Adeleke looks primed for big run as she bids for final placeThe 21-year-old Dublin sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke is drawn in the first of three Olympic 400m semi-finals on Wednesday eveningTue Aug 06 2024 - 18:48
Sophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy unlucky to miss out on automatic qualification in 1,500mBoth Irish runners finished in seventh spot - with the top six advancing - and will now go into Wednesday’s repechage raceTue Aug 06 2024 - 10:57
World record may be needed to take Olympic gold in ‘most vicious’ 1,500m raceTuesday’s 1,500m final looks likely to boil down to a fast and furious race between arch rivals Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh KerrTue Aug 06 2024 - 06:00
Mondo Duplantis goes up, up and away to take pole vault gold with new world record Round-up: Swedish superstar raises his own record to 6.25m as Stade de France goes wild; Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet wins 5,000mMon Aug 05 2024 - 22:01
Ciara Mageean ‘absolutely heartbroken’ as injury forces her out of Olympic 1,500mEuropean champion has been suffering with chronic pain from an Achilles injury in the run-in to the GamesMon Aug 05 2024 - 19:47
Rhasidat Adeleke keeps plenty in the tank as she cruises to victory in 400m heatsIrish sprinter admits: ‘I just kind of shut down the last 100m’; Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker into repechageMon Aug 05 2024 - 18:30
Rhasidat Adeleke sets out to join the Irish Olympic medal rush in ParisThe 21-year-old from Tallaght races in the sixth 400m heat on Monday, ranked third-fastest this yearSun Aug 04 2024 - 19:32
Daniel Wiffen says week has left him ‘very proud’ but emotionally drainedSwimmer becomes the first Irish man in any Olympic sport to win two medals in the same GamesSun Aug 04 2024 - 18:21
‘It always felt like it was going to happen’: Rhys McClenaghan’s Olympic destiny is now fulfilled ‘It feels like a dream, it’s a dream well-earned and I just can’t believe it’s happened’ – Rhys McClenaghan after his gold medal successSun Aug 04 2024 - 17:10
Cathal Doyle delivers in style to win first 1,500m Olympic repechage and book semi-final slotLuke McCann and Andrew Coscoran miss out; Rhasidat Adeleke’s training partner Julien Alfred wins women’s 100m goldSat Aug 03 2024 - 20:44
Tears of joy flow as Rhys McClenaghan wins historic Olympic gold medal for Ireland25-year-old Co Down gymnast puts Tokyo pain behind him with brilliant routine on the Pommel HorseSat Aug 03 2024 - 18:00
Daniel Wiffen on course for Olympic swimming double after heat processionArmagh swimmer dominated the third of four heats, days after 800m gold winSat Aug 03 2024 - 12:54
Ireland and its Olympic swimmers are losing the tag of the island nation that struggles in the waterSwim Ireland’s high performance director John Rudd says raising the quality and quantity of domestic swimming is the key to any successSat Aug 03 2024 - 09:00
Ian O’Riordan: Single-minded Rhasidat Adeleke can join a very exclusive Irish clubIan O'Riordan: Over a century only six people have won medals for Ireland in athletics, and only three of those were won on the Olympic trackSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s mixed relay team miss out on Olympic final as the heat and pace rises in Paris Thomas Barr admits he may have run his last race; Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda wins men’s 10,000mFri Aug 02 2024 - 21:22
Olympics 2024: Ireland’s showjumpers see medal chance slip away in VersaillesCian O’Connor’s final run sees Ireland slip back down the leaderboard as Great Britain take gold in ParisFri Aug 02 2024 - 15:51
Ireland mixed relay set to chase another Olympic final, but without Rhasidat AdelekeIreland will try to make another Olympic final of the 4x400m mixed relay - but without Rhasidat AdelekeFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
‘If you have eyes, you know, every round was 5-0’: Coach disgusted after Daina Moorehouse’s controversial defeatOlympic Games: Jack Marley loses his heavyweight quarter-final as Irish boxing team at Games reduced to two fightersThu Aug 01 2024 - 22:26
Olympics: Meet Team Ireland - Track and Field Rhasidat Adeleke one of several genuine Olympic medal contenders for Ireland in ParisThu Aug 01 2024 - 21:31
Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final Sligo swimmer had qualified for the semi-final in seventh position but came home sixth in her semi-finalWed Jul 31 2024 - 22:10
Daniel Wiffen profile: ‘I’m very happy to say that I’m Olympic champion’At age 23, Ireland's Olympic gold medal swimmer Daniel Wiffen is still some years off his physical peakWed Jul 31 2024 - 20:26
Rhasidat Adeleke set to focus on individual 400m medal quest Ireland have been drawn in heat two of the mixed 4x400m on Friday night against the revered Dutch quartetWed Jul 31 2024 - 19:37
Daniel Wiffen joins elite club of Irish gold medal winnersBefore Daniel Wiffen's win, only nine Irish people – six men and three women – had experienced becoming an Olympic championWed Jul 31 2024 - 19:00
In Paris they do the cancan - even on a bikeOlympic Games: BMX freestyle qualification involved 12 masters of their sport performing their favourite jumps over 60 secondsWed Jul 31 2024 - 00:01
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen wins Olympic gold medal with a stunning 800m swim in Paris Armagh swimmer broke the Olympic record and powered home over the closing 100 metresTue Jul 30 2024 - 22:40
How Mona McSharry went from ‘hating swimming’ to a remarkable Olympic bronze medal ‘Those moments where I thought I was done really put into perspective what I really do this for, and this is a huge bonus’Tue Jul 30 2024 - 11:15
