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Ciara Mageean @bfastvictoriapr @parkrunUK WORLD RECORD 15.11 Unofficially

Travelled to Norway to speak to Jakob Ingebrigtsen. He was fascinating on so many things, including his obsession with winning, autism, his love of cars and so much more theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan…

"Look, it wasn't good enough this time, but I've gotta learn from it. "Still, first European home, beaten by three Olympic medallists. It's hard to say I could have done a whole lot better." Cian McPhillips after his 4th place in a massive Irish record.

What an effort from 23-year-old Cian McPhillips! The Irishman produces an unbelievable finish to take fourth in the 800m final at the World Athletics Championships. A stunning performance. #RTEsport #WorldAthleticsChamps

"When I calm down I'll probably appreciate what I've done here more" - It's been a breakthrough Worlds for 23-year-old Cian McPhillips. He spoke to @DavidGillick after his fourth-placed finish in the men's 800m final #RTEsport

"This year has been madness, I'm on a little bit of a roll and getting used to winning medals. You can bet that I'll be back next year and looking to win some more." Kate O'Connor after her world silver

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝟒𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃!!!! 💥Cian McPhillips has arrived!!! Back-to-back national records to finish 4th at a World Championships 🤯🤯🤯 ⏱️1:42.15 NR An outstanding championship for the UCD athlete👏 #IrishAthletics | #Tokyo2025 | #WorldAthleticsChamps | @ask123ie | @adidasRunning

That is an absolutely astonishing performance by Cian McPhillips - 1:42.15. Did not get the reward he probably deserved. It took three Olympic medallists to beat him.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ireland’s World Heptathlon silver medalist 🥈 A proud nation tonight 🇮🇪 #RTEWorldAthletics #TeamIreland

Kate O'Connor has won SILVER in the Heptathlon at #Tokyo2025 !! Absolutely sensational from the Irish athlete, what a year, what a 🌟 #KateOConnor

Simply incredible 😭 #IrishAthletics | #Tokyo2025 | #WorldAthleticsChamps

History for Ireland 🇮🇪 Kate O’Connor wins SILVER in the heptathlon at the #WorldAthleticsChamps! 🥈 #Tokyo2025 #EuropeanAthletics

Lifetime bests in 5 of 7 events. A national record by 227 points. First ever outdoor multis medal for Ireland. First Irish medal at World Champs for 12 years. First World Champs track and field medal for Ireland in 30 years. Kate O'Connor, take a bow.

🚨𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑!!!! She's done it!!!🤯Kate O'Connor has just won Ireland's first ever global outdoor senior medal in the multi-events with a national record-breaking performance in Tokyo🙌 💥Heptathlon: 6,714 NR She joins an illustrious list of World outdoor medallists : Eamonn Coghlan 🥇, Sonia O’Sullivan🥈🥇, Gillian O’Sullivan 🥈, Olive Loughnane 🥇, Robert Heffernan🥇, Kate O'Connor 🥈🤩 OUTSTANDING!!!!👏👏👏 #IrishAthletics | #Tokyo2025 | #WorldAthleticsChamps | @ask123ie | @adidasRunning

As @GregAllenRTE said, the maths student has got his calculations right! Not only has Longford's Cian McPhillips won his semi-final heat to get into an 800m World final but he's set an Irish record in the process #Tokyo2025 📺 rte.ie/player/onnow/6…

NATIONAL RECORD 🍀 🇮🇪's Cian Mcphillips storms to an Irish record of 1:43.18 in the 800m semifinal and book his ticket to his first #WorldAthleticsChamps final 🤩

Brilliant run from Cian McPhillips to win his 800m heat in a time of 1:44.91 #rtesport #RTEWorldAthletics #TeamIreland Coverage of the World Athletics Championships continues on @RTE2 and @RTEplayer 📺 rte.ie/player/onnow/6…

Feature on Fionnuala McCormack, who doesn't have social media, doesn't own a smartphone and who's long preferred to let her results do the talking. Attention and adulation? "That’s not why I started in the sport and it’s not what I want to get out of it" m.independent.ie/sport/womens-s…

Jimmy Gressier -Had never finished higher than 9th in four previous global finals -First man born outside of Africa to win global 10k title since 1984 -28:55.77 is slowest winning time ever in a Worlds 10k final (by 54 seconds!). Slowest in any global final since Mexico City 1968

If you're wondering, who the heck is 🇺🇾 Julia Paternain?! Allow the World Championship bronze medalist to introduce herself. • Has three passports and a green card. Was born in Mexico. Her whole family is from Uruguay, where most of them live, except for her, her mom, and her dad. • Moved to England when she was 2 years old  and ran for Great Britain at the European U23 Championships • She ran in the NCAA at Penn State for two years before transferring to Arkansas during the pandemic. She competed for the Razorbacks for three years. • Moved to California and took a little bit of a break while she was trying to figure out what to do with running • Visited her first Krissy Gear and loved Flagstaff, Arizona.  Met Jack and Dani Polerecky and decided to join up with the @McKirdyTrained group. • Took well to the roads with a 10-miler and half-marathon before making her marathon debut • Ran 2:27:09 in her marathon debut at the McKirdy Micro Marathon in March, qualified for the World Championships • One of the last qualifiers for the World Championship marathon • Earns a bronze medal and the first-ever medal for Uruguay at the World Championships in Tokyo What a story! 🎥 FULL INTERVIEW: youtu.be/8OH8zHhIIFg?si…

He's done it again!!! 🤯🔥 Mark English (Finn Valley AC) obliterates his own Irish record over 800m clocking 1:43.37 to finish second at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Budapest 🙌 *Record subject to ratification #IrishAthletics