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On the first day of the 123.ie National Athletics Championships, it would have seemed that fast times and long throws were out of the question.
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On the first day of the 123.ie National Athletics Championships, it would have seemed that fast times and long throws were out of the question.
European champion Ciara Mageean will miss out on this weekend's 123.ie National Senior Track and Field Championships as she continues to focus on recovery from her European 1500m gold-medal-winning exertions three weeks ago.
Ireland's medal-winning athletics champions are to be honoured by An Post.
An Post has said it will honour Ireland's medal-winning athletics champions including Christopher O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley, Thomas Barr and Ciara Mageean with a specially-designed national postmark.
Unprecedented success for the Irish team at the European Athletics Championships opens more doors to ongoing progression of athletes and fuels anticipation of Olympic success, but a pause for reflection is maybe now required.
Taoiseach Simon Harris today welcomed athletes, support staff and executives from Athletics Ireland to Government Buildings for a reception to mark a hugely successful European Athletics Championships.
After Team Ireland brought home two gold and two silver medals from the European Championships, Athletics Ireland high performance lead Paul McNamara is now hoping the commercial world can tap into that success and invest more in it.
The older sister of Ireland's European 4x400m silver medalist Phil Healy has hailed the team for their performance in last night’s race in Rome, saying that it "hasn’t been an overnight success".