Brian Fay made his Olympic debut in Paris this morning, missing out to progress to the 5,000m final. Fay placed 12th in his semi-final of the Men’s 5,000m in a time of 13:55.35 in a slow tactical second semi-final in the Stade de France. “I ran it as well as I could have but to call a spade a spade I’m just not good enough at the minute to really…
Sophie Becker bowed out of the 2024 Olympic 400m after finishing second in her repechage heat. Becker posted 51.28 seconds behind Kendall Ellis of USA, with the race winner progressing to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, while Becker clocked the second fastest time of her career, it was enough to take one of the two fastest loser spots. “I produced my second fastest time ever; I can’t be greedy” explained Becker. “The…
A good haul of medals from the national U23 T&F championship in Tullamore on Saturday Tara Meier took bronze in the 100 metres hurdles posting 14.97 seconds. A race won by St Laurence O’Toole’s Arabella Adekoya in 14.27 with Annalee’s Bevan McCaffrey second in 14.49 seconds. Michael Farrelly took silver in the 100 metres posting 10.56 seconds with Isreal Olatunde winning out in 10.35 seconds. Farrelly booked his place in…
Medals was the story of the day from the small contingent of Raheny Shamrock athletes at the national masters T&F championships in Tullamore on Sunday. It was medals on the double for David Power, taking gold in the O/45 pole vault and silver in the weight for distance with a best of 4.09 metres. While, Orla Gormley took W60 silver in 12:49.16 and Brian Sexton took M35 silver over 400…