Super tough racing conditions tonight for
@nickgriggs4321
1 hour delay, fluctuating pace (57 first lap!!), more “developed” athletes. 9th in the world is so good! Very very proud of how he handled it. Kudos 👏
Nick Griggs (Candour Track Club) runs a new 1500m PB of 3:35.90 at the Memoriał Janusza Kusocińskiego meeting in Chorzow, Poland 💥
An impressive run from the Tyrone teenager sees him finish fifth 🙌
Result ⬇
#IrishAthletics
⭐ Mark Kirk appointed as Endurance Coordinator ⭐
Athletics NI are pleased to announce that Mark Kirk will be joining the Talent and Performance Team as the new Endurance Coordinator.
Read more here:
#EnduranceRunning
#Endurance
As I have been saying since seeing lots of empty seats at Eugene morning sessions. UK fans SHOW UP for sport (and I’m here for it). Packed stadium for AM session of CWG. Same for 2012 Olympics and WC 2017.
This is what it’s all about. Fantastic 19th from
@cmorgan1503
✨ possibly the hardest thing to watch
@nickgriggs4321
but a MASSIVE improvement on last years performance.
Absolute respect to Chris O’Donnell for his attitude and perseverance over the last few years. May well see an auto Q at Nationals if the cards align 👀 (and if the freak Santry weather is kind).
@RTEsport
@irishathletics
🏆 Elite 5km men’s champion 🏆
How about that run?!
An incredible time of 13:19 from Hagos Gebrhiwet sees him win the 5km title at the
@sportsshoes_com
@podium5k
Festival 🇪🇹
Great morning in the box with
@BBCMarkSimpson
and John Glover. Grateful for both their guidance and stats knowledge. We of course didn’t get absolutely everything right and sorry if we missed you BUT hope you all enjoy seeing little snippets of yourselves ✨
Fantastic race from
@nickgriggs4321
went after it and solo running is flipping hard. But we all know he will be delighted for buddy
@cmorgan1503
finishing 3rd! First senior medal for
@cndrtrackclub
🎉
Impressive wheels from
@darraghmce
who blasts a 25-second last lap to take the Irish 3000m title in 7:48.78 with
@nickgriggs4321
taking silver, having led the first 14 laps.
@Cathal_Dennehy
To me a minor trip like those is much less significant 100-150 vs 10-30m from finish (like Sarah!). The influence of this decision on loss of funding for Sharlene will likely be massive (sport Ireland and sponsor), which in this frugal sport is gutting!! 😓
My favourite story of the weekend - the sheer number of U20/23 athletes breaking into the medals and finals in high quality fields. Lughaidh Mallon, Andrew Cooper, Dara Donoghue, Sean Aighboboh, Katie Bergin, Donal Martin, Conor Penney to name a few. The future is in good hands👏
Andrew Cooper (Gowran) was the best on the day in the Men’s Shot Put, claimed his first National Senior Indoor title with a best attempt of 14.53m 💪
🥈Sam Vines (Cabinteely)
🥉Callum Keating (North Cork)
📸 Eric Bellamy
#NationalSeniors
@Ask123ie
One of the many many highlights from a great weekend at the
@irishathletics
national championships. Enjoyed being on the mic with
@rorycassidy01
- hopefully we got most of the facts right (not always an easy task!). Always grateful to play some part in nationals weekend
A race for the ages at the National Indoor Championships as Cathal Doyle gets the better of Nick Griggs in a dive for the line 🤩👏🙌
Championship racing at its brilliant best!!!
🥇Cathal Doyle 3:49:11
🥈Nick Griggs 3:49:15
🥉Lughaidh Mallon
Could not be happier for
@LouiseShanahan
- learnt from disappointment in Tokyo (I was still proud btw!!) and made this final happen. Do not underestimate what it takes to do the rounds in a championships.
💥IT'S A EUROPEAN 800M FINAL FOR LOUISE SHANAHAN💥
Louise Shanahan has run the race of her life to secure a place in Saturday's 800m final!! The Leevale athlete finished 3rd to secure automatic qualification in a quality field🙌🇮🇪
⏱️2.01.15
ℹ️Result:
Never in doubt (🥴). After many an hour analysing the rankings and few on here believing it was doable it’s now official 💪🏻 now
@cmorgan1503
how much are those flights??
O’CONNOR AND GRIGGS TO BOOST IRISH TEAM AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 🤩
Both Kate O'Connor (Dundalk St. Gerald's A.C.) and Nick Griggs (Candour Track Club) have this evening been confirmed as additions to the Irish team for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in
After a decade hiatus the
@BritishMilers
will be back in Belfast in July. Lots of Irish athletes make the trip to the UK so would love to see some athletes from across the water support the event in Belfast!!
@AthleticsNI
@spikedshoe
I personally would have died off but what a nice gesture 🤍 Irish schools champ is a big deal and always appreciated
@SullivanConnect
announcing our athletics achievements in assemblies 🥰
World Champs done and dusted. Can’t be disappointed with 9th in the world but the athlete I am won’t let me be satisfied. Thanks to Mark and everyone who’s helped me over the last year to get to this point. In it for the long run.
🥈SILVER MEDAL ALERT🥈
A huge congratulations to our very own
@ciaramageean
who claimed second place in the Commonwealth Games👏
The snug bar was packed out to see an incredible run from Ciara which she achieved an season best💪
Everyone is extremely proud Ciara, well done👏
This would be welcomed 🤞🏻 one of the goals of the athletes commission last year was to highlight the need for more high level competitions on the island. Let’s make it happen ✨
I will be on commentary duties tonight with
@fintanreilly
if you are or have a child competing reply to this tweet please. I will try my best to give a shout-out. A little background info goes a long way especially for U16 and below! Going to be a great night ✨
Really have been enjoying
@RunJumpStefReid
commentary for the CWG. Insightful, not overkill in the technical stuff (but enough) and kind! Definitely need more permanent female voices on
@BBC
athletics commentary team.
Having heard from athletes in UK about how badly run and expensive tracks owned by management groups are I think this would be a terrible move for athletics in NI.
Morning readers. Here's a look at the front page of Thursday's Belfast Telegraph. Stay with us for all your breaking news throughout the day. 🗞️
Today's front page story
Sun shining and I’m inside prepping for commentary duties with
@EDAC_Youtube
for the NI @
& Ulster champs tomorrow. If your kiddos are competing let me know their stats and/or a story and I can make sure to give them a little mention. 😊
If you knew the mammoth effort from so many departments of the BBC in Belfast to get this over the line… a few technical issues are expected! Well done team 👏 make sure to watch it back on iPlayer 🎉
Nicola McCarthy introduces coverage of Belfast City Marathon, from Stormont Estate to the finish line in Ormeau Park with commentary from
@BBCMarkSimpson
,
@KATIE_kirky
and John Glover.
Watch live on
@BBCiPlayer
, today from 8:45AM 🏃♀️🏃
Who does this info serve? In a sport that is already so weight obsessed it won’t be helping anyone. Athletes are more than their height and what they weigh, may as well have their favourite colour listed, about as useful as their weight, but more interesting 🤨
We loved the velodrome tonight. But… In a sport plagued with eating disorders why on earth are the UCI putting up riders heights and weights. What possible benefit does this serve?
💥💥IT'S 5TH IN EUROPE FOR RHASIDAT ADELEKE IN A NEW NATIONAL RECORD💥💥
An astonishing performance from lane 1 in her FIRST senior final!!!🇮🇪
⏱️50.53NR
What a 24 hours for the Irish team in Munich🤯🙌
ℹ️Full result:
#Munich2022
@sportireland
Fast forward 5 years⏩ & this 16 year old becomes the Commonwealth Games Heptathlon Silver Medalist aged 21 🎯 Another step on the journey
@kateoc2000
To those who believe in nurturing, developing & investing in junior talent in NI🙏
@MaryPetersTrust
@GoTeamNI
#AcademyClassof2019
@fintanreilly
working harder than any athlete today at nationals! Can we see some stats to see how much ground covered and HR from all the excitement 😂
Don’t think I’m alone in thinking we need more high quality BMC style races in Ireland. Many Irish athletes travel to English BMC meets, (costing €€), appetite is there. IMC, while absolutely great (this is no hate), has massively reduced fixtures in recent years.
6 out of 12 Brits in Diamond League Final are 800-5000m athletes.
Sunday, 20% of 5th Avenue mile fields are British.
Coincidence?
All learned fast racing
@BritishMilers
events.
In 2022, BMC hosted 5,363 performances and 44% were PBs.
Frank Horwill would be very proud.
A superb 4th place for Darragh McElhinney in his first major track final🙌🤩 A personal best performance when it mattered from the 22-year-old with a final lap that stacks up with the best🔥🔥
⏱️4th in 7:44.72PB 📈
Result:
#Istanbul2023
@Ask123ie
Proud of these lads! Exciting day for
@cndrtrackclub
and grateful for the
@AthleticsNI
livestream to watch from home after a busy training day. Drone footage was fantastic!! Made me almost want to run 🫠
A 4th for Luke at the NI XC Champs today. 👏🏽👏🏽 - A gruelling 5 mile in muck 💦- His first xc outing for
@cndrtrackclub
- Great start to the season kid 💪🏼🏃♂️
Great opening day at the National Senior Indoor Championships 🤩
Highlight for me was definitely Sarah Lavin equalling her PB to win her sixth 60m Hurdles title ⚡️
Back tomorrow with
@KATIE_kirky
, Michael Bowler and the
@nTrai1
crew 🎤
#IrishAthletics
💥EXCITING IRISH TEAM SELECTED FOR EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS💥
European silver-medallist Ciara Mageean heads an Irish squad stacked with Olympic & European championship experience⤵️
Another massive run from an Irish quartet as the women's 4x400m team smash the national record to win their heat and book their place in Paris, clocking 3:24.38.
Splits:
Sophie Becker: 52.62
Rhasidat Adeleke: 49.48
Phil Healy: 51.30
Sharlene Mawdsley: 50.98
The
@marathonbcm
will be broadcast live for the first time by BBC Northern Ireland this Sunday.
Coverage begins at 8:45 BST on the
@BBCiPlayer
&
@BBCSPORTNI
website
You can’t convince me that allowing athletes a by is a good idea. Always have appreciated the relative fairness of athletics in champs. This creates greater divides between the athletes.
45.26 winning the “heats” and these lads have to go again at 12pm tomorrow. However, the top 12 have a rest day today. Such a disadvantage for the athletes who have to run the heats.
#Munich2022
Myself and
@fintanreilly
will be back tomorrow evening on commentary again. Promises to be a great event! Any info about your kiddos or athletes always appreciated ✨
Saying that, MPT is in need of investment to cement the facilities standing for the future. A small gym and indoor warm up area would ensure the best for the future of athletics here at both intl and club level. Athletics massively underfunded facilities wise in NI.
@Cathal_Dennehy
We were going insane during a few of the champs, where athletes putting gear back on, 3 replays and taking a drink was prioritised over distance events. Here for more field coverage but COME ON!!
Unsurprising but the English centric coverage on
@BBC
is irritating. We want to see interviews of a mix of athletes from all home nations especially after heats/semis etc.
Some powerful running in the Men’s 5000m in very windy conditions 👏
U23 Mens
🥇Shay McEvoy (KCH) 15:03.19
🥈Abdul Laadjel (Donore Harriers) 15:05.82
🥉Michael Morgan (Sligo) 15:09.24
U20 Mens
🥇Shane Brosnan (An Riocht) 15:18.72
🥈Luke Kelly (CNDR Track) 15:26.88
🥉Daniel
Unable to make it again tonight 😞 hope everything goes smoothly! And be sure to catch up on the livestream with
@fintanreilly
where he will be talking to himself for a few hours
British Milers Club Belfast Meet 19th July entries are filling up rapidly for 800/1500/3000 Men and Women. Paced races and cash prizes with Level 2 permit.
enter
Access on summer weekends is already a struggle (great to see it booked). Athletes and clubs can’t train on Saturdays for 6 weeks in a row in the peak of the season, I’m worried that will be worse when profit is prioritised over community and performance of our local stars.
@InsideTrack7
Mark Kirk’s running group in attendance boosting times (plus Ben Branagh and some LVAC athletes). The unknown is Callum Morgan. He probably just forgot his barcode and I would also guess not overly bothered by it. The joy of parkrun is that you can do as you please!
Leaving
@fintanreilly
to do some solo commentary tonight to do puppy minding. I’m sure he will be glad to have the mic to himself for tonight!! Elle hopes you won’t miss me too much on the stream tonight ✨🤍
Track & Field Live well under way. No
@KATIE_kirky
to keep me on my toes tonight but the
@nTrai1
lads trying to keep me in check! Great evening so far. Well under way in juvenile programme and they got to see
@raftery_jack
run 46.75 for 400 to kick off the event.
@DavidMatthews2
Great to be involved in the online commentary with
@EDAC_Youtube
at the relay champs yesterday! Fantastic event put on by VPAC. Well done to all teams competing 👏
🏆 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 🏆
Congratulations to the Newcastle AC Senior men's team who for the second time in the club's history won the Northern Ireland & Ulster Road Relay Championships today in Belfast 👏
🔴🟡
You’re welcome to run, welcome to jump, welcome to throw, welcome to roll....
WELCOME TO ATHLETICS IRELAND🤝🤲
Learn more about how you, yes you!, can get involved:
@SportIreland
Of course English athletes winning more medals. But there is a reason for this. Larger population is just one answer. Funding, facilities, profile and multiple designated training centres for sports.