Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing, China, 16-28 August, 2014
Results for the Irish Team can also be viewed here. Athletics: Roseanna McGuckian finished 11th in the Women’s 200 meters: 1. Gold – Jamaica – WHYTE Natalliah 23.55 2. Silver – Ukraine – KOBA Dzhois 23.94 3. Bronze – United States of America – JOHNSON Brandee 24.28 4. Kenya – THOMAS Maureen Nyatichi 24.43 5. […]
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Results for the Irish Team can also be viewed here. Athletics: Louise Shanahan finished 6th in Women’s 800 m with her Personal Best at 2:08.29 1. Gold – Ghana – BISSAH Martha 2:04.90 2. Silver – Ethiopia – NEGERI Hawi Alemu 2:06.01 3. Bronze – Germany – KALIS Mareen 2:06.03 4. Italy – BELLO Elena
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The Boxing competition draw has just been published online. Click on the following ling to view: http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/BX/YO2014_BX_C58_BX0000Y23.pd In the women’s middleweight category Christina Desmond gets a bye into the semi final and faces CHEN from Taipei – click on the link for Christina’s draw: http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/BX/YO2014_BX_C75_BXW075000.pdf Daily Competition Schedule Sat, 23 Aug Start Time Location
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Roseanna McGuickian ran 24.77 in the women’s 200m heats and is ranked 10th overall from the 3 heats, just missing out on the final by 0.03 seconds. Congratulations on an excellent run in a very competitive world class field of 200m athletes. Summary – Women’s 200m Qualifications Rank Bib Name Wind Result
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Team Jumping medallist Michael Duffy is back in action in the men’s individual jumping competition on Saturday 23rd August. Click here for the entry list: http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/EQ/YO2014_EQ_C32C_EQX002000.pdf The competition format is as follows: 1. Venue & Dates The equestrian competitions of Nanjing 2014 will be held at the Xinzhuang Equestrian Venue on 19
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Team Ireland golfers Kevin Le Blanc and Olivia Mehaffey will play in the Mixed Team Event. We are awaiting the draw sheet. The entry list can be accessed here http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GO/YO2014_GO_C32C_GOX400000.pdf The competition schedule can be accessed here http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GO/YO2014_GO_C08_GO0000000.pdf Mixed Team event format Teams are made up of one male and
Team Ireland Opening Ceremony flag bearer Richard Hendrick, coached by three time Olympian Eoin Rheinisch will be in action on Saturday, August 23rd in the Men’s C1 Head to head sprint. http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/CA/YO2014_CA_C32C_CAM210000.pdf 1. Venue & Dates The Canoe-Kayak competitions of Nanjing 2014 will be held at the Nanjing Rowing and Canoeing School on 23 to 27
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“Chat with Champions” are taking place in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Village . The first three Athlete Role Models in attendance were French judo athlete Lucie Decosse, Australian swimmer Patrick Murphy and Canadian rugby player Heather Moyse. Chat with Champions offers a communication platform whereby young athletes can meet the champions for face-to-face interactions, discuss with them on
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Adam King and Michaela Walsh will compete in their respective Final’s of Men’s Hammer and Women’s Shot Put on Sunday 24th August in the Nanjing Athletics Stadium. You can follow events on Olympic TV http://www.olympic.org/ Sun, 24 Aug Start Time/ Location Event Status 20:20 Nanjing OSC Stadium Men’s Hammer Throw Final A KING Adam Scheduled 20:25
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Mayo’s Ciara Ginty, Cork’s Christina Desmond and Donegal’s Michael Gallagher will represent Ireland in the boxing event at the Games. Boxing begins on August 23rd. Draws and schedule are as follows: 23rd August: 14:45 EST Int. Expo Centre Hall D Women’s Light (57-60kg) Preliminaries GINTY Ciara Scheduled FLORIDIA Monica 21:15 EST Int. Expo Centre Hall D
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Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, extended his congratulations to show jumper, Michael Duffy, who was part of the European Show Jumping team that won Team Gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China this week. Minister Ring said: ‘I would like to congratulate Michael on the key part he
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Congratulations to 16 year old swimmer Dearbhail McNamara (Castlebar SC) finished in 10th place overall this morning in the Nanjing 2014 women’s 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:34:39. The top eight qualified for the final. All qualifying times below: http://www.nanjing2014.org/en/en_sports/GamestimeResults.htm
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