:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/Y3NITVI472MWKOWWYX24YESAHQ.jpg "European Athletics Championships: How Ireland’s historic week in Rome unfolded")
Every major sporting event is shaped in some way by what has gone before. In the 90-year history of the European Athletics Championships, first staged in...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UONNT2HLBICSCB4SVW7QHI5D34.jpg "Ireland women claim silver medal in 4x400m relay at European Athletics Championships")
Once the baton was passed to Sharlene Mawdsley on the anchor leg another medal for Ireland was most definitely on. And who better to anchor the...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7RRDF676OR5WEQ6PACLDUUH23Y.jpg "Sharlene Mawdsley seizes the day as Ireland go in search of another European Championship medal")
When in Rome, carpe diem. That seemed to be the guiding thought for Sharlene Mawdsley even though the last thing she was expected to do after...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SMWBPJ6MV5AYTYO7IAQXOMTU4U.jpg "Sharlene Mawdsley shows there are no limits as she leads Ireland into women’s 4x400m final")
There clearly are no limits to Sharlene Mawdsley’s super 400m running power. Just over 12 hours after running the individual European 400m final, Mawdsley was back...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/665RTQQVQRDZ7MS5PO65ZXBJVQ.jpg "Rhasidat Adeleke takes silver in 400m at European Championships")
It came oh so close to being the masterpiece of one-lap running required from Rhasidat Adeleke to carve out a third European Championship gold medal for...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UEFQMHYN5HHF6Y5ZSYR3JBKJPM.jpg "Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley book spots in 400m final at European Championships")
When in Rome, do as Rhasidat Adeleke does. Because if the sole purpose of Sunday night’s exercise was to book her place in the European Championship...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/I2ARAY3DMOG5TI6QNX2EXYGD7A.jpg "Thomas Barr shows no sign of fatigue as he qualifies fastest for semi-finals")
By his own admission Thomas Barr doesn’t know how much longer he has left in this running game, but the 31-year-old Waterford man showed there was...
:quality(70):focal(3045x690:3055x700)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/OVG52XYG3ES7ZDPTJYYHA5QM4Y.jpg "Sarah Lavin clips hurdle to finish seventh best in Europe")
Saturday night in Rome and as the focus on the latest Irish medal hope inside the Stadio Olimpico turned to Sarah Lavin, so too came the...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SYDT7MW4666DNIDAIDDJSG5HJM.jpg "Sarah Lavin wins European semi-final to set up 100m hurdle medal bid")
Saturday night in Rome and the latest Irish medal hopes inside the Stadio Olimpico turned to Sarah Lavin, and as if on cue the Limerick sprinter...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5QSQ5MIZZKCF2CNILNU4EN6CJQ.jpg "Rhasidat Adeleke to run mixed relay final in boost to Ireland medal hopes")
Rhasidat Adeleke has decided to run in the final of the mixed 4×400 metres on the opening night of the European Championships in Rome on Friday...