Team Ireland - Road to LA 2028 Olympic Games Road to LA 2028

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This thread will be our general space to discuss and post news about Team Ireland on the long road to Los Angeles 2028!

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I have opened a new thread for us to track our athletes' journey in this new Olympic cycle. This week we have a chance to see some of our up and coming stars in the sport of rowing as the 2024 World Senior, U23 and U19 Championships gets underway in St.Catharine's, Canada.

 

 

You can watch coverage of all the races here: https://worldrowing.com/event/2024-world-rowing-senior-under-23-under-19-championships/

 

 

Irish entries:

 

World Senior Championships	Lightweight Men's Single Sculls	Paul O'Donovan
World Senior Championships	Lightweight Women's Single Sculls	Siobhan McCrohan
World U19 Championships	Men's Coxed Fours	Dominic Casey, Mattias Cogan, Michael Daniel Lucey, Evan O'Byrne, Luke Fitzgerald (Cox)
World U19 Championships	Men's Quadruple Sculls	Michael McGrath, Jack Rafferty, Rian Claffey, Sean Morris
World U19 Championships	Women's Double Sculls	Anna Brennan, Moya Knowles
World U23 Championships	Men's Lightweight Double Sculls	Ciaran Purdy, Donnacha Keeley
World U23 Championships	Men's Single Sculls	Andrew Sheehan
World U23 Championships	Men's Double Sculls	Adam Murphy, Brian Colsh
World U23 Championships	Men's Four	Andrew O'Leary, Luke Dunleavy, Liam Walter, Rory Buckley
World U23 Championships	Men's Quadruple Sculls	Shane Rafferty, Fergus Bryce, Donagh Claffey, Fionn O'Reilly
World U23 Championships	Women's Lightweight Double Sculls	Sophia Monahan, Aine O'Mahony
World U23 Championships	Women's Double Sculls	Holly Davis, Grace Healy

 

 

Irish Schedule today, Sunday 18th August (all time in Irish time):

 

14:57	U23	Women's Double Sculls Heats	Holly Davis, Grace Healy
15:02	U23	Men's Double Sculls Heats	Adam Murphy, Brian Colsh
15:37	U23	Men's Four Heats	Andrew O'Leary, Luke Dunleavy, Liam Walter, Rory Buckley
19:45	Senior	Men's LW Single Sculls Heats	Paul O'Donovan
19:52	U23	Women's LW Double Sculls Heats	Sophia Monahan, Aine O'Mahony
20:12	U23	Men's Quadruple Sculls Heats	Shane Rafferty, Fergus Bryce, Donagh Claffey, Fionn O'Reilly
20:22	U23	Men's LW Double Sculls Heats	Ciaran Purdy, Donnacha Keeley
20:39	U23	Men's Single Sculls Heats	Andrew Sheehan

 

 

 

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Israel Olatunde breaks Irish 100m National Record

 

 

 

Israel Olatunde set a new Irish NR in the 100m at the NEB Open meeting in London this afternoon. His time of 10.12 secs (+1.7 m/s) carved 0.05 secs off his current Irish record which he set at the European Championships in Munich in 2022.

 

Great start to the LA 2028 Olympic cycle by Olatunde . As a reminder, the automatic qualification standard for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo is 10.00 secs so he still has a little bit to go to reach that but this is an encouraging result in what has been a difficult 2 years for Israel.
 

 

Edited August 18 by OlympicIRL

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Ireland claim 4 medals at 2024 World Rowing Championships

 

 

 

Ireland wrapped up a successful week in the water at the 2024 World Rowing Championships in St.Catherine's, Canada with a haul of 4 medals including 2 golds and 2 bronze.

 

The highlight of the performances came from double Olympic champion, Paul O'Donovan, who claimed his third world title in the men's senior lightweight singles category.

Reigning champion Siobhán McCrohan claimed another medal in the women's senior lightweight single sculls, this time having to settle for the bronze medal behind 2022 champion and Olympic medalist, Ionela Cozmiuc of Romania.

 

 

 

 

In the Under 23 category, Ireland's Ciaran Purdy and Donnacha Keeley carried on the fantastic success of Irish men's lightweight rowing by claiming gold in the lightweight double sculls.

Meanwhile Brian Colsh partnered with Adam Murphy to claim the bronze in the men's heavyweight doubles sculls.

 

 

 

 

There were no medals for Ireland in the under 19 categories, but they did have a few creditable results, including a 4th place finish for the junior men's quadruple sculls squad.

 

Overall a good championships for Ireland with plenty of young blood to keep the success and momentum going into the future.

 

 

 

World Senior Championships:

 

Gold	Men's Lightweight Single Sculls	Paul O'Donovan (30)
Bronze	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	Siobhán McCrohan (37)

 

World U23 Championships:

 

Gold	Men's Lightweight Double Sculls	Ciaran Purdy (22), Donnacha Keeley (20)
Bronze	Men's Double Sculls	Adam Murphy (21), Brian Colsh (22)
6th Place	Men's Single Sculls	Andrew Sheehan (21)
6th Place	Women's Lightweight Double Sculls	Sophia Monahan (19), Aine O'Mahony (22)
7th Place	Men's Quadruple Sculls	Shane Rafferty (19), Fergus Bryce (20), Donagh Claffey (20), Fionn O'Reilly (21)
B Final (DNS)	Women's Double Sculls	Holly Davis (19), Grace Healy (21)
14th Place	Men's Four	Andrew O'Leary (19), Luke Dunleavy (21), Liam Walter (19), Rory Buckley (20)

 

World U19 Championships:

 

4th Place	Men's Quadruple Sculls	Michael McGrath (17), Jack Rafferty (17), Rian Claffey (18), Sean Morris (18)
5th Place	Men's Coxed Four	Dominic Casey (18), Mattias Cogan (16), Michael Daniel Lucey (18), Evan O'Byrne (16), Luke Fitzgerald (Cox) (17)
7th Place	Women's Double Sculls	Anna Brennan (18), Moya Knowles (18)

 

 

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