Olympic mixed zone leads to a familiar churn of emotionsExperience of Paris Olympics leaves its mark on Sarah Lavin who notes things ‘that have touched me and will stay with me more than a gold medal ever could’Sat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Olympics: So near, yet so far as Rhasidat Adeleke misses out on 400m medalRhasidat Adeleke edged out of bronze position in last 30m, with gold taken by an impressive Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican RepublicFri Aug 09 2024 - 22:06
Olympics: Ireland qualify for final of women’s 4x400m relaySophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley finish behind Jamaica and the Netherlands to earn a place in Saturday’s finalFri Aug 09 2024 - 14:48
Paris 2024: Opportunity comes knocking on the biggest stage for Rhasidat AdelekeTwenty-one-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke will be the first ever Irish woman to line up in a sprint event final at the Olympic GamesFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Marie-José Pérec’s career a timely reminder that Rhasidat Adeleke is only starting out on Olympic journeyLegendary French runner Marie-José Pérec won three Olympic gold medals and her 400m winning time of 48.25 in Atlanta in 1996 still stands as the Olympic recordFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone touches the seemingly impossible by smashing 400m hurdles world recordBotswana win first gold medal in Olympics history as Letsile Tebogo wins 200mThu Aug 08 2024 - 21:53
‘It affected my performance’: Noah Lyles Covid diagnosis revealed as he finishes third in 200mLetsile Tebogo wins first ever gold for Botswana on night as Lyles left arena in wheelchairThu Aug 08 2024 - 21:16
Soufiane El Bakkali wins 3000m steeplechase after world record holder Lamecha Girma suffers horrible fall Ethiopian clipped barrier with his leg, and with that sent himself flying high and then rolling onto the trackWed Aug 07 2024 - 21:55
Rhasidat Adeleke into the Olympic 400m final after ‘messy’ semi-final where she did just enoughIrish sprinter finished second behind Salwa Eid Naser and was sixth fastest qualifier for her first Olympic finalWed Aug 07 2024 - 21:26
Athletics repechage Q&A: How does it work and what do the athletes think?It was agreed the repechage round would apply to all individual track events from 200m to 1,500m in distance, including the hurdles events; the 100m already has a preliminary round.Wed Aug 07 2024 - 19:00
Mark English and Sarah Lavin book Olympic semi-final spots after dramatic morningSophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy just miss out in 1,500m semi-finals after both came fourth in repechage roundWed Aug 07 2024 - 13:24
Cole Hocker delivers one of the all-time Olympic shocks in 1,500m final as Ingebrigtsen misses outJakob Ingebrigsten can only manage fourth after leading the final until the last few stridesTue Aug 06 2024 - 20:19
Rhasidat Adeleke looks primed for big run as she bids for final placeThe 21-year-old Dublin sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke is drawn in the first of three Olympic 400m semi-finals on Wednesday eveningTue Aug 06 2024 - 18:48
Sophie O’Sullivan and Sarah Healy unlucky to miss out on automatic qualification in 1,500mBoth Irish runners finished in seventh spot - with the top six advancing - and will now go into Wednesday’s repechage raceTue Aug 06 2024 - 10:57
World record may be needed to take Olympic gold in ‘most vicious’ 1,500m raceTuesday’s 1,500m final looks likely to boil down to a fast and furious race between arch rivals Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh KerrTue Aug 06 2024 - 06:00
Mondo Duplantis goes up, up and away to take pole vault gold with new world record Round-up: Swedish superstar raises his own record to 6.25m as Stade de France goes wild; Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet wins 5,000mMon Aug 05 2024 - 22:01
Ciara Mageean ‘absolutely heartbroken’ as injury forces her out of Olympic 1,500mEuropean champion has been suffering with chronic pain from an Achilles injury in the run-in to the GamesMon Aug 05 2024 - 19:47
Rhasidat Adeleke keeps plenty in the tank as she cruises to victory in 400m heatsIrish sprinter admits: ‘I just kind of shut down the last 100m’; Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker into repechageMon Aug 05 2024 - 18:30
Rhasidat Adeleke sets out to join the Irish Olympic medal rush in ParisThe 21-year-old from Tallaght races in the sixth 400m heat on Monday, ranked third-fastest this yearSun Aug 04 2024 - 19:32
Daniel Wiffen says week has left him ‘very proud’ but emotionally drainedSwimmer becomes the first Irish man in any Olympic sport to win two medals in the same GamesSun Aug 04 2024 - 18:21
‘It always felt like it was going to happen’: Rhys McClenaghan’s Olympic destiny is now fulfilled ‘It feels like a dream, it’s a dream well-earned and I just can’t believe it’s happened’ – Rhys McClenaghan after his gold medal successSun Aug 04 2024 - 17:10
Cathal Doyle delivers in style to win first 1,500m Olympic repechage and book semi-final slotLuke McCann and Andrew Coscoran miss out; Rhasidat Adeleke’s training partner Julien Alfred wins women’s 100m goldSat Aug 03 2024 - 20:44
Tears of joy flow as Rhys McClenaghan wins historic Olympic gold medal for Ireland25-year-old Co Down gymnast puts Tokyo pain behind him with brilliant routine on the Pommel HorseSat Aug 03 2024 - 18:00
Daniel Wiffen on course for Olympic swimming double after heat processionArmagh swimmer dominated the third of four heats, days after 800m gold winSat Aug 03 2024 - 12:54
Ireland and its Olympic swimmers are losing the tag of the island nation that struggles in the waterSwim Ireland’s high performance director John Rudd says raising the quality and quantity of domestic swimming is the key to any successSat Aug 03 2024 - 09:00
Ian O’Riordan: Single-minded Rhasidat Adeleke can join a very exclusive Irish clubIan O'Riordan: Over a century only six people have won medals for Ireland in athletics, and only three of those were won on the Olympic trackSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s mixed relay team miss out on Olympic final as the heat and pace rises in Paris Thomas Barr admits he may have run his last race; Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda wins men’s 10,000mFri Aug 02 2024 - 21:22
Olympics 2024: Ireland’s showjumpers see medal chance slip away in VersaillesCian O’Connor’s final run sees Ireland slip back down the leaderboard as Great Britain take gold in ParisFri Aug 02 2024 - 15:51
Ireland mixed relay set to chase another Olympic final, but without Rhasidat AdelekeIreland will try to make another Olympic final of the 4x400m mixed relay - but without Rhasidat AdelekeFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
‘If you have eyes, you know, every round was 5-0’: Coach disgusted after Daina Moorehouse’s controversial defeatOlympic Games: Jack Marley loses his heavyweight quarter-final as Irish boxing team at Games reduced to two fightersThu Aug 01 2024 - 22:26
Olympics: Meet Team Ireland - Track and Field Rhasidat Adeleke one of several genuine Olympic medal contenders for Ireland in ParisThu Aug 01 2024 - 21:31
Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final Sligo swimmer had qualified for the semi-final in seventh position but came home sixth in her semi-finalWed Jul 31 2024 - 22:10
Daniel Wiffen profile: ‘I’m very happy to say that I’m Olympic champion’At age 23, Ireland's Olympic gold medal swimmer Daniel Wiffen is still some years off his physical peakWed Jul 31 2024 - 20:26
Rhasidat Adeleke set to focus on individual 400m medal quest Ireland have been drawn in heat two of the mixed 4x400m on Friday night against the revered Dutch quartetWed Jul 31 2024 - 19:37
Daniel Wiffen joins elite club of Irish gold medal winnersBefore Daniel Wiffen's win, only nine Irish people – six men and three women – had experienced becoming an Olympic championWed Jul 31 2024 - 19:00
In Paris they do the cancan - even on a bikeOlympic Games: BMX freestyle qualification involved 12 masters of their sport performing their favourite jumps over 60 secondsWed Jul 31 2024 - 00:01
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen wins Olympic gold medal with a stunning 800m swim in Paris Armagh swimmer broke the Olympic record and powered home over the closing 100 metresTue Jul 30 2024 - 22:40
How Mona McSharry went from ‘hating swimming’ to a remarkable Olympic bronze medal ‘Those moments where I thought I was done really put into perspective what I really do this for, and this is a huge bonus’Tue Jul 30 2024 - 11:15
Daniel Wiffen now firmly believes he can make the Olympic medal podium The 23-year-old Armagh swimmer Daniel Wiffen has qualified fastest of the eight finalists in the 800m freestyle at the OlympicsTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Mona McSharry wins brilliant Olympics bronze: ‘0.01 between me and the next two swimmers, that’s kind of crazy’Co Sligo swimmer becomes only second Irish Olympian to win a medal in swimming as she finishes third behind winner Tatjana SmithMon Jul 29 2024 - 22:16
Daniel Wiffen storms into 800m final with fastest qualifying timeArmagh swimmer becomes first Irish man to reach an Olympic final and will have a central lane in Tuesday’s finalMon Jul 29 2024 - 12:47
Mona McSharry eyes magic Monday as Olympic medal comes into sharp focus Sligo swimmer breaks her Irish record and qualifies for the 100m breaststroke final as second fastestSun Jul 28 2024 - 21:36
Irish women show true grit to battle back into Sevens reckoning Victory over South Africa earns Ireland's women a chance of securing a Sevens quarter-final placeSun Jul 28 2024 - 15:35
Olympics at a glance: Men’s double sculls and Rhys McClenaghan top Irish performances on Day 1Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch set best time while McClenaghan posts top score on way to pommel horse final; Ireland finish sixth in Sevens as France take gold; Dean Clancy loses out after tough contestSat Jul 27 2024 - 23:46
McClenaghan secures his place in pommel horse final with top-ranked score of 15.200Difficulty score was a relatively low 6.300, but execution score of 8.900 on pommel horse sends Rhys McClenaghan into final next SaturdaySat Jul 27 2024 - 22:07
Ryan Mullen: ‘I’m overjoyed to have had the opportunity to be here’ Eight-time Irish champions Ryan Mullen realises his Olympic ambition and finishes a creditable 12th in men’s time trialSat Jul 27 2024 - 19:11
Chinese swimmers already stirring up controversy inside the Paris La Défense ArenaDublin’s Ellen Walshe finishes sixth in her 100m butterfly heat behind Zhang YufeiSat Jul 27 2024 - 13:48
‘Hopefully, she will have her dancing shoes on’: Sarah Ennis primed for Olympic Eventing at VersaillesThe 49-year-old has fond memories of her introduction to horses when growing up in HowthSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Olympic Opening Ceremony: A magnificently unforgettable and audacious parade of nationsParis en fête as Games get off to a spectacular official start with memorable Opening CeremonyFri Jul 26 2024 - 22:21
Ian O’Riordan: The Olympic double dilemma facing Rhasidat Adeleke in ParisWhile the individual event is her absolute priority, the relay arguably offers a better chance to medalFri Jul 26 2024 - 17:31
