Derval O’Rourke won a silver medal for Ireland in the 100m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona tonight. Derval had the race of her life to take second behind the in-form Nevin Yanit of Turkey, and set a new national record of 12.65. Running from an unfancied lane 7, Derval matched the eventual [...]

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Derval O’Rourke was in action this evening in the the first of the 100m hurdles semi-finals at the European Championships in Barcelona. In a closely-contested race, she ran magnificently to finish 3rd in a blanket finish in another season’s best of 12.75 and comfortably qualify for the final. Derval is reaching top form just at [...]

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Leevale’s Ailis McSweeney was back in action this morning after her strong showing in the 100m earlier in the week, this time as a member of the 4×100m relay team. Ailis ran the anchor leg for the team, which also included Niamh Whelan (Ferrybank AC), Claire Brady (Newbridge AC), and Amy Foster. The team performed [...]

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Ailis McSweeney tonight finished sixth in her semi-final of the women’s 100m at the European Championship in Barcelona in a superb 11.32s. This was just outside her Irish record of 11.30 set two weeks ago but ranks as her second fastest time ever. This was a phenomenal achievement and it is great to see Ailis [...]

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Updated: Patrick Maher 6th in semis, 14th in world standings!

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