Thomas Barr

26-year-old just edges 18-year-old pretender to National Track and Field 200m crown

800m runner will now try and nail 800m automatic qualification time on the continent

Darragh Bambrick’s three-part series looks at nine Irish athletes on the long road to Tokyo

So far, 21 athletes have either qualified or are very close to – four more than in Rio 2016

Sara Treacy, Thomas Barr and Brendan Boyce on the question of holding the Games this summer

‘Consistency will help you to progress in running,’ says Olympic athlete Thomas Barr

Seán Moran takes a look at the build-up to the hurling and football finals

Tokyo will present Barr with the chance to once again chase an Olympic medal

Ireland could send as many as 90 athletes to Japan – an increase on Brazil four years ago

Irish 800m runner records her second fastest time at Continental Tour meeting

Athletes will miss out despite travelling to green list countries to compete recently

Nine athletes tell us what it means to them that the summer Games have been postponed

Association say 24th July Opening Ceremony remains target but the situation is evolving

Ireland has sent 13 boxers to the qualifying event at the Copper Box in London

Boxer Mary-Kate Slattery and Hurdler Thomas Barr on mental health benefits

Waterford native looking ahead to the challenge of the 400m hurdles in Tokyo

Awards, elections, trials, boycotts, summits and festivals over the coming year

For the second time Championships will also be staged as part of a multi-sport format

There was a decent return for the small Irish team of just eight athletes

No medal for Norway’s Ingebrigtsen brothers as Africans confirm their superiority

Donegal man’s sixth-place finish in 50k walk likely to be best Irish display at World Championships

Donegal athlete puts in the performance of his career in gruelling 50km event

Mark English’s front-running tactics come unstuck in 800m heats in Qatar

IAAF’s O’Callaghan confident event can deliver despite poor ticket sales and conditions

Athlete was initially left out of 800m despite appearing well within qualifying positions

Karsten Warholm runs second fastest time of all time at Diamond League

Team boasts quality and quantity, and has medal opportunities in athletics and boxing

Three talented brothers set to run at European Team Championships on their home track

Clonliffe Harriers runner wins 10,000 metres at National Championships

The heat is on for Tokyo Olympics, where Ireland is expected to win eight medals

He was just half a second off the Tokyo 2020 qualification standard of 48.90

Both qualifying standards and world rankings will be used for 2020 Games

Despite heat not going to plan she was fourth best of four fastest non-automatic qualifiers

The Donegal man knows from experience what it takes to deliver on the big occasion

Starting lists revealed for opening sessions of the 35th European Indoor Championships

Ciara Mageean and Phil Healy heading to Scotland with legitimate final ambitions

Irish athlete clocks up a personal best, an Irish record and a stadium record

Irish-born runner clocks fastest ever halfmarathon for a woman over the age of the 40

Unprecedented international success in rugby, athletics and hockey

Kenyan has us believing in the impossible again – the sub-two-hour marathon