Sarah Healy

The withdrawal of Rhasidat Adeleke leaves a big hole to be filled in the women’s 4x400m relay

History-maker concludes epic trilogy with resounding win

Cathal Doyle denies Andrew Coscoran national double, winning fourth consecutive 1,500m title

No lack of intrigue around 153rd edition of championship at Morton Stadium

Irish athlete has run three lifetime bests and heads into National Championships full of confidence

Women’s 4x100m relay set new Irish record at Diamond League in London

The 22-year-old clocked 51.33 in breezy conditions, well off her 49.07 Irish record

Saturday night’s line-up also includes newcomer Bella Whittaker from the US, who won in Oslo and Stockholm, and Adeleke will want to run closer to 50 seconds, even if Tokyo is still some distance off

The 24-year-old improved to 3:57.15 at the Stade Charlety on Friday night

Dubliner won in 3:59.17 at the Stadio Olimpico

Next up for 24-year-old is a shot at her specialist outdoor distance in Rome

The nine-day event in September likely to include the largest Irish team in World Athletics history

Both athletes were part of a magical medal haul at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in March

Certain relays seem to be considered every bit as important as individual events

Athlete’s pentathlon silver ranks as only medal winner among six-strong Irish team but ends 19-year podium wait for Ireland at this level

World Indoor Championships: Ireland’s Andrew Coscoran also finishes sixth in the men’s 3,000m final

Sarah Healy is oozing confidence, Kate O’Connor is in the form of her life, and Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Lavin and Sophie O’Sullivan are in the running too

Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor hope to build on their medal success at this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Nanjing

Cork athlete becomes the first Irish winner in the event which has been running since 2001

‘All four academy athletes had to deal with a considerable roadblock in their development in the form of Covid-19′

Athlete who once buckled under the weight of her expectations is now capable of settling while under pressure

‘The progress has been day and night ... if I can stay injury-free this summer could be really, really exciting’

Three European medal winners selected as part of Ireland team that will compete in Nanjing, China next week

Sarah Healy, Mark English and Kate O’Connor each claimed a medal during the final day of action in Apeldoorn

Sarah Healy takes gold in 3,000m final as centrepiece of astonishing half hour for Irish athletics

English clocks 1:45.89 to reach Sunday’s final

Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor among those in contention in the Netherlands amid strong competition

Cathal Doyle hopes to make the 1,500m final against Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Sarah Healy, who now trains in Wigan under coaches Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, is among the leading 3,000m contenders at next weekend’s European Indoor Championships

Sarah Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley also shine on day two of the National Indoor Championships at Abbotstown

Sarah Lavin claimed a seventh Irish indoor title in the 60m hurdles on day one of action in Abbotstown

Rhasidat Adeleke is focused on outdoors, while others will probably be absent this weekend through injury or illness

Dubliner now ranked second fastest in Europe over 1,500m and 3,000m

Andrew Coscoran nails the biggest victory of his career at grand prix in Boston

Sonia O’Sullivan: Relay pool an open door for young athletes hoping to make a splash

Jack Woolley beaten in taekwondo repechage as Sarah Lavin and Mark English qualify for Friday’s semi-finals

Sophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy just miss out in 1,500m semi-finals after both came fourth in repechage round

Kellie Harrington beat China’s Wenlu Yang to win gold in the women’s 60kg final

Irish boxer’s opponent Wenlu Yang from China is an old foe and rivalry dates from 2016 world championships when Yang defeated Harrington in the final

Rhasidat Adeleke one of several genuine Olympic medal contenders for Ireland in Paris