2016 Olympics

WHEN THE 17-year-old Chloe Magee completed her Leaving Certificate in 2006, she had a choice to make. Donegal’s Olympians, part 6: Chloe Magee, chances, choices and courage was last modified:…

THE OLD Kilmacrennan Parish Sports saw the start of it all: a chance meeting that would shape history. Donegal’s Olympians, part 5: Danny McDaid, the ‘Flying Postman’ and double Olympian…

SINEAD JENNINGS and Claire Lambe are through to the semi-finals of the lightweight women’s double sculls at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Sinead Jennings reaches Olympic semi-final was last…

SINEAD JENNINGS will finally get her Olympic bid underway this afternoon in Rio.

WHEN BRIAN ANDERSON moved from Carrickmagrath in Ballybofey to North Kensington in London 1958, his first port of call was to join a local boxing club. Donegal’s Olympians, part 4:…

SINEAD JENNINGS will have to wait at least another day for her Olympic debut after today’s rowing action in Rio was postponed. High winds in Rio leave Sinead Jennings waiting…

WHEN SINEAD JENNINGS, now competing as Sinead Lynch, her married name, takes to the start line at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio this afternoon, it will be the culmination…

TIMES WERE much different in 1956 when Pa Sharkey represented Ireland at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Donegal’s Olympians, part 3: Pa Sharkey, a change of job and a knockout…

THE OLYMPIC GAMES returned in 1948 after a 12-year absence following the outbreak of World War II, but their resumption wasn’t exactly a straightforward one in Ireland. Donegal’s Olympians, part…

PATSY MCGONAGLE IS in Brazil ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, which get underway tomorrow. Road to Rio 2: Patsy McGonagle on the final preparations and Zika was last modified: August 4th,…