Orla Comerford selection for the World Para-Athletics Championships in London was confirmed today. Comerford who finished eighth in the T13 100 metre final at Rio 2016 will compete in London over 100 metres. Orla spoke to Rahenyshamrock.ie at today’s announcement in the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown. The World Para-Athletics Championships London 2017 take place between July 14 and 23 in the London Stadium and will be broadcast live on…
Joseph O’Donoghue laid down a dominant performance to win the fifth round of the Lord Mayor Series in a sprightly sub 10 minutes. Another large crowd of 85 athlete’s took to the course with O’Donoghue powering away early on to win out in nine minutes 51 seconds. Dermot Gorman followed up last week’s victory with a second place finish in 10 minutes nine seconds with Simon Devenney third just 15…
Mark Smyth has been selected as part of the Irish team to compete in the 2017 European under 20 Championships. Smyth will compete over 200 metres, having ran the qualifying B standard late last year and will also be part of the 4 x 100 metre relay team. Smyth made his senior international debut last month as part of the 4 x 100 metre relay team in the European Team…
Raheny Shamrock continued their dominance as Ireland’s leading athletics club taking home four gold medal, two silver and two bronze from the National Junior and Under 23 championships. Brian Fay got preceding’s under way with junior steeplechase gold clocking nine minutes 46 point 11 seconds on his way to victory. Next up was Eoin Strutt who took gold in the under 23 5,000 metres, clocking a winning time of 14 minutes…