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BUSY 2025 IN PROSPECT If you thought last year was busy 12 months for athletics with European Championships, Olympics, Diamond League and other important meetings, you better brace yourself for an even more hectic 2025. The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next September is set to the…

REVIEW OF 2024 – A Personal Opinion It could not have been a much better year for Irish athletics. Only a medal at the Olympics was missing and, even then, there were two close calls. It was a year of unprecedented record breaking, both national and international, on the roads, on the track and in…

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McCLEAN EQUALS RECORD IN GREENCASTLE Conall McClean and Catherine Whoriskey picked up the respective top prizes at the Greencastle 5 Mile Road Race held in unseasonably mild conditions. Almost 800 runners came under starter’s orders in the 39th edition of the hugely popular Tyrone classic superbly…

O’FARRELL AIMS FOR REPEAT IN GREENCASTLE Jack O’Farrell will be looking to end the year on a high with a repeat victory in the 39th Oliver McCullagh Greencastle 5 Mile Road Race on St. Stephen’s Day. The Newry AC athlete was a comfortable winner 12 months ago coming home well clear of the field.…

FROM GOAT TO GOUT There will never be another Usain Bolt any more than there will ever be another George Best, Magic Johnson or Michael Phelps. But there might be a young athlete set to join the pantheon of all-time athletics stars if reports from Down Under are any guide. Gout Gout (Olympics.com)…

The “bicarb system”, a potent recipe for running faster! Attentive athletics fan will have taken note of last weekend’s Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener Indoor Meeting in Boston. A mere week after the national collegiate (NCAA), and at the beginning of December, athletes…

GREAT SILVER FOR GRIGGS AT EURO CROSS Nick Griggs supplied the only moment of delight for the Irish supporters at yesterday’s 30th European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. The Newmills, Dungannon athlete picked up the individual silver medal in the men’s U23 race after disputing…

Sad news of the passing of ex-Trafford athlete Sharon Colyear-Danville. goterriers.com/news/2024/11...

ORDER NOW FOR CHRISTMAS The book 50 Great Irish Athletes is a culmination of several years works by eminent Irish athletics writers. Colm Murphy may not be well known in the Northern athletics world but he wrote despite having written a number of books detailing who won Irish champions, where and…

ATHLETICS WORLD MOURNS END OF AN ERA AS TOMMY DEPARTS THIS MORTAL COIL PHYLLIS AND TOMMY - BETTER THAN ANY CHIP-TIMING! The local athletics world reacted with sadness to the news of the death of Tommy Welsh MBE, one of its longest officials and servants. Tommy was in his 99th year and until…

DELIGHT IN TURKEY FOR IRISH ATHLETES? All eyes will be on Antalya in Turkey this Sunday for the 30th European Cross Country Championships. While the course in Antalya is expected to be drier than the boggy conditions at last year’s event in Brussels, it takes in a variety of terrain including a…

HASAN and TEBOGO SCOOP TOP AWARDS Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo have been announced as World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco. Paris 2024/ Olympic Games Voted by fans, Hassan and Tebogo received the top accolades on an evening that saw six…

McCormack Produces Outstanding Result in Valencia Another fabulous result from Fionnuala McCormack Five-time Olympian Fionnuala McCormack pulled out another extraordinary performance yesterday when she finished 11th in the elite women’s field of the Valencia Marathon in Spain. The 40-year-old…

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Tim Smythe (12) winner of International Cross Country is one of 50 GREAT IRISH ATHLETES

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Today is the 68th anniversary of Ronnie Delany's gold medal victory in Melbourne - the third athlete to win gold in the green of Ireland after Dr. Pat O'Callaghan and Bob Tisdall. All three are featured in 50 Great Irish Athletes now available on Amazon.

Media coverage for Valencia Marathon is huge. The event will be broadcasted by Eurosport, BBC, ESPN, WA Inside Track, Flotrack, Valencia Marathon website, TeleDeportes, SuperSport and several more viewing options. Even Olympics.com will have a live stream olympics.com/en/sport-eve...

GJERT INGEBRIGTSEN TO STAND TRIAL VG in Norway is reporting that Jakob Ingebrigtsen said during questioning that he had been hit in the head multiple times as a child by his father Gjert, including one session of 15-30 minutes.… http://running-news.com/2024/11/30/gjert-ingebrigtsen-to-stand-trial/

LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES Strabane Athletic Club is to return to the competitive fold after an absence of some years. The previous Strabane AC merged with cross border neighbours Lifford AC to form the highly successful… http://running-news.com/2024/11/30/like-a-phoenix-from-the-ashes/

NOTHING FLAKEY ABOUT FLAHAVAN’S SUPPORT Young athletes from across Northern Ireland took to Portstewart Strand this week to launch the annual Flahavan’s Primary School Cross Country League. Organised by Athletics Northern… http://running-news.com/2024/11/30/nothing-flakey-about-flahavans-support/

Untitled The strong showing by athletes from Ulster at the recent national championships is reflected in the 36-strong squad announced by Athletics Ireland to contest the upcoming SPAR European Cross Country Championships which take place in Antalya,… http://running-news.com/2024/11/30/2686/

Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father charged after threat to ‘beat him to death’

ADELEKE – ATHLETE OF THE YEAR! It came as no surprise when Rhasidat Adeleke was crowned the 2024 Athlete of the Year at the National Athletics Awards which took place in Dublin on Wednesday night (20 November 2024). It has been a monumental year for the Tallaght AC sprinter which has seen her set…

IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK Athletics Weekly's extensive coverage of British & Irish Masters' Cross Country. Big changes are afoot in the NCAA following a recent court judgement - athletics scholarships in The USA for Irish athletes may not be… http://running-news.com/2024/11/22/in-the-news-this-week-2/

McGLYNN and KILREHILL CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPS Strabane resident Ann-Marie McGlynn shocked the Irish athletics world yesterday when she scored a totally unexpected victory in the women’s race at the National Senior Cross Country Championships in Irvinestown. Aside from the much-valued national…

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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK Ciara Mageean spoke to the Irish Independent about her recovery after an operation on an Achilles tendon - CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE Kingston Jamaica has been named as the first host city for Michael Johnson's new Grand Slam Track circuit CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE The…

WHEN A RECORD IS NOT A RECORD When is a running record not a record?  Answer: when it is in a parkrun. Last weekend Nick Griggs put in a stunning performance to register a 13 minutes and 44 seconds timing at the Victoria Park… http://running-news.com/2024/11/15/when-a-record-is-not-a-record/

UKA's finances: still not great, but improving. www.uka.org.uk/news/news-an...

69th birthday of Herb Lindsay. Ex WR holder of half marathon.

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