Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics

Kate O’Connor smashes sprint hurdles best behind National Indoor champion Sarah Lavin

Impressive victory for Sophie Becker in 200m with a personal best

Emma Moore: ‘Athletes are the leanest version of themselves, but that’s not always the best’

Irish runner listening to her body’s messages after recovering from depleting RED-S syndrome

Kate O’Connor is back on track to challenge for another medal

Irish athlete is back on track to challenge for another multi-event podium

Cian McPhillips decides against competing in next month’s World Indoor Championships

Sarah Healy will also bypass indoor season, but Kate O’Connor is back in action this weekend

Bori Akinola: ‘Running under 10 seconds, it could happen this summer’

UCD athlete is out to defend his National Indoor 60m title on Sunday

How Ireland’s athletes made their mark at 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Ben Lynch saved the best Irish result until last when finishing eighth in Friday’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final

Cork athlete Maeve O’Neill sets 800m national indoor record in Boston

Providence College student clocks 2:00.33 to best Síofra Cléirigh Büttner’s effort from 2021

What’s behind the new winter sports arena in south Dublin?

A private consortium has acquired a site in Cherrywood in south Dublin with plans for a €190 million development

Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard of

The 29-year-old from Norway has already won 10 Olympic gold medals in cross-country skiiing and he’s not finished yet

Keely Hodgkinson breaks indoor 800m world record as Andrew Coscoran breaks Irish record

Dublin runner Coscoran clocked 3:33.09 for third place in 1500m

Winter Olympics: Anabelle Zurbay completes second slalom event as Mikaela Shiffrin finally strikes another gold

Thirty-year-old US skier won her first slalom gold in 2014 at 18

Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st place

Atle Lie McGrath from Norway missed out on gold after straddling out on his second run

Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for Italy

Colorado-based skier, whose grandmother hails from Co Westmeath, makes Winter Olympics debut

Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m record

Irish athlete clocked 36.30 seconds when finishing runner-up to Stacey Ann Williams from Jamaica

Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom gold

Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 42nd in the event

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