Olympic athletes who represented Ireland across the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games were honoured at a special event held by the Olympic Federation of Ireland at the Mansion House, Dublin on 26th March. The event, which was held in the aftermath of a hugely successful year for Team Ireland, marked the official wrap of the … [Read more...] about Irish Olympic Athletes Honoured At Olympic Ball
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Researchers Paving the Way for Future Olympic Success
– Irish Research Council highlights pioneering sports research underway in Ireland – Researchers currently working in Ireland are paving the way for future Olympic success stories. That’s according to the Irish Research Council, which today (11.08.16) released details of innovative sports research projects underway in universities nationwide. The research … [Read more...] about Researchers Paving the Way for Future Olympic Success
Few Irish people realise just how hard it is to become an Olympian
11,239 athletes from an estimated world population of 7.4 billion are currently converging on Rio to compete in the 311 events that make up the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. However, research has found that few Irish people (14%) are aware of just how difficult it is to become an Olympian with only a fraction of the world’s population (0.0001%) ever earning the right to represent … [Read more...] about Few Irish people realise just how hard it is to become an Olympian