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Great to see O’Connor on the podium again! Thats 4 major medals in the past 12 months (World Indoors x 2, Euro Indoors and World Championships). Her strongest event is the javelin so she is going to continue to be a huge threat in the heptathlon this summer and she is still improving all the other events. Exciting times for her

Those 400m races are so lacklustre.

Sorry Qatar. That’s just been overturned and Morocco have been awarded the World Cup trophy

I get 5.5 weeks off but taking 3 weeks off at one time needs a bit of planning in terms of making sure my workload is covered. It’s possible as I took 3 weeks off last year but having 2 weeks off is always more manageable. Plus it leaves a nice bit of time to take other holidays throughout the year too

Exactly! As much as I want a 3 week Olympics, it makes managing work holidays a bit trickier

Major doping scandal hits Georgian rugby. However it has more serious implications for Georgian sport in general. Seems like the Georgian national anti doping body (GADA) has been complicit in it, tipping players in advance of testing and not properly observing sample collection standards. One would have to assume if it’s happening in Georgian rugby and their own national anti-doping agency is involved in it, then surely Georgian sport in general has to be under suspicion. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/c0rjejvzdj5o

Indeed he did. Sonia O’Sullivan, Ireland’s greatest ever female track athlete, also ran for Villanova in the 90s.

Ronnie Delaney, men’s 1500m Olympic champion from 1956 has died at the age of 91

Love the design! Whoever is responsible for this, please create the scoreboard and voting templates for our next TISC

Congrats!! Well deserved! This is a good Italy team England staring at the wooden spoon if a resurgent Wales manage to beat Italy next week with a try bonus. Though with a -96 points difference I don’t think Wales can realistically overhaul them. On the other hand, a win for Italy would be a historic third win in a Six Nations Championship season.

Very familiar with all 3! Masterpieces as usual from John Williams

2012 Olympic champion Katie Taylor has announced she will retire after her fight in Dublin this summer. https://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2026/0225/1560357-taylor-to-retire-after-dublin-fight-this-summer/

Some new members for us to welcome @MichiganGold nice to have you here on the road to LA @Learphollach welcome in! Great to have a fellow Irish on here . Glad to hear you enjoyed the Winter Olympics and hope you stay with us to enjoy the road to LA @Daniel999 from one Daniel to another, welcome to the forum. Glad to have you @Nashorn88 great to see another active member from Finland! We hope you stay and enjoy participating in the threads

Feel sad for our Slovakian friends here Losing a medal match sucks but getting to the semis is still a magnificent achievement.

Congrats Denmark!!!