Edel NíChiaráin

Grá, sonas agus sláinte.. #taelove

[The Olympic Games @Olympics]

This is what 6.30m looks like btw, outrageous.

A 14th World Record for Mondo Duplantis.

#WorldAthleticsChamps

[Kingscourt Stars GAA @StarsGAA1890]

Kyte Powertech Ladies Intermediate Championship - Quarter Final
Full Time
Kingscourt Stars: 2-13(19)
Bailieborough Shamrocks: 1-10(13)
Well Done Ladies 👏👏👏

[Emma Duffy @emmaduffy_]

Let the Games begin 🇫🇷

📍 Place de la Concorde

[Jack Raftery @raftery_jack]

It goes completely under the radar how much this helps us as athletes. Whether its the ability to go on a training camp, fly to a competition to try qualify for OLY, or pay for physio throughout the year to keep us healthy. @JKiernanFund is what gets most of us through the year.

[Kieran McCarthy @KieranMcC_SS]

🚨 The trailblazing Ballineen Bullet Phil Healy

- Phil is a two-time Olympian, having raced in Tokyo & now Paris. And will now become a two-time Olympic finalist, after the Irish mixed 4x400 team ran in the Tokyo final.
- At the Tokyo Games, Phil became the first Irish woman to compete in three T&F events at the same Olympics (4x4 mixed relay, 200 & 400 individual)
- Phil has won SEVENTEEN national senior titles (nine outdoors, eight indoors) since 2014, from 60m up to 400m, highlighting her versatility. Phil’s national title roll of honour: Outdoor – 200m x 6, 100m x 2, 400m x 1. Indoor – 400m x 4, 200m x 3, 60m x 1.
- The Bandon AC track star held both the Irish women’s 100m and 200m national records at the same time – the first Irish woman in 40 years to do so. In June 2018 Phil set the then Irish 100m record of 11.28, since broken by Sarah Lavin in September 2023 (11.27) and now Rhasidat Adeleke (11.13) this past June. In July 2018 Phil set a new Irish 200m record of 22.99, which only Adeleke has bettered (22.34 in April 2023).
- Phil was the first Irish woman to ever break 23 seconds in the 200m.
- The Ballineen Bullet is part of the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team that set the national record of 3:22.71 – alongside Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley – at the 2024 European Championships in Rome as that quartet won a silver medal. That was Phil's first major international medal.
- Phil also holds the Irish women’s 4x100m relay record of 43.80 set in Berlin in 2018; her sister Joan Healy, Ciara Neville and Gina Akpe-Moses were also on that team.

[Jeremy Lyons @Jeremy_P_Lyons]

When I sent this email to Enda Fitz about a potential new DCU recruit in 2016 called Sophie Becker, little did I know what we were getting into (& that she was actually from Wexford)

Eight years later, she has done alright.

[Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly]

All of them ran under 51 seconds and two of those work at full time jobs. Training to be that fast while working full-time is unbelievable

[David Gillick @DavidGillick]

Thank you to everyone for the ❤️, I’m truly blown away!
It’s a privilege to be the 1st person to talk to our athletes! They’re amazing, showcasing their talent, dedication & sport. Thank you to the crew behind the 🎥 that make it happen so you all can be part of it!
🙏 💚

[ADAM O' DRISCOLL 🇮🇪 @adamodriscoll]

Rob Heffernan saying that Sophie Becker and Phil Healy are still working regular jobs and are only part-time in their running is insane to me.

Puts it into context really with the performance we just gave and makes it even better.

[Shane McCormack @mcwexford]

.@Jeremy_P_Lyons packs what was a 6 year journey into a 7 minute sound bite. One of the coaches who pushed the relay agenda when days like today would have been a distant dream. Doesn’t get enough credit for what he has done but has created an Olympic legacy with @dublin_sprint

[Cathal Dennehy @Cathal_Dennehy]

How good was that run by the Irish 4x400m women?

That's the first time ever that a team has broken 3:20 and not won a medal in the event.

Their 3:19.90 would have been enough for silver in every Olympic final apart from 1988.

H/T to @Statman_Jon

[TG4 @TG4TV]

MNÁSOME 🇮🇪

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

Here is Sharlene’s final leg of 49.74 which helped Ireland qualify for the Women’s 4x400m final.

The whole team ran unbelievably, particularly Sophie Becker with 50.88 to open the run.

Some race to watch.

https://t.co/nkKNMhTHlc

[Edel NíChiaráin @EdelKieran]

@Gerard_OD_ @sophiebecker_ @CillinGreene 👑👑👑👑

[Gerard O'Donnell @Gerard_OD_]

50.90 - fastest 1st leg split by @sophiebecker_ of any athlete in the heats, by almost half a second, following in @CillinGreene footsteps who did the same in Tokyo.

Back tomorrow, another Olympic final.

[Seán de Búrca @Sean_De_Burca]

WHAT

[Sophie Becker @sophiebecker_]

2x Olympian sounds pretty good!!🥹 see you in Paris🥐 @dublin_sprint we did it😌
📸 @sportsfile