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Irish Independent
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Tipperary Olympian Sharlene Mawdsley goes public with GAA star boyfriend
The athlete has kept her love life secret since her debut at the Paris Olympics last year. However, this weekend she revealed her boyfriend as Tipperary hurler Mikey Breen. Taking to social media, the 26-year-old shared a snap of herself and Breen wearing matching GAA jerseys as she supported the full back following their home win over Waterford on Saturday. 'Tippin' on,' she captioned the post which shows the pair beaming down the camera at Semple Stadium. Taking to the comments, fans expressed their delight at the pairing. 'Two of Tipp's finest athletes. Magic,' wrote one person. 'Hon Tipp,' added another. A third shared: 'Premier class through and through, H'on Tipp.' Singer and fellow Tipp woman Una Healy gave her seal of approval, simply commenting the heart eye emoji. Mikey himself responded to the post with: 'Any tag, nah?', poking fun at his girlfriend for not tagging him in the picture. Sharing the snap to his own social media, he commented: 'This fan was following me around all day.' Sharlene has recently returned home from the World Relays in China, where she helped Team Ireland secure a place at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this September. Mawdsley finished the race in second place, ahead of Poland. She raced as part of the Irish Women's 4x400m relay team alongside Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke and Rachel McCann. She also secured Ireland's spot in the mixed 4x400m relay team with Rhasidat Adeleke, Cillín Greene, and Conor Kelly.
Canada Standard
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Canada Standard
Chinese men's 4x400m team breaks national record at 2025 World Athletics Relays
GUANGZHOU, China, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Team China set a new national record in the men's 4x400m in 3 minutes and 1.87 seconds at the 2025 World Athletics Relays here on Saturday in rain. The competition serves as a main qualification for relay events at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, features 6 events including men's, women's and mixed 4x100m and 4x400m. The top 14 teams in each event (except for mixed 4x100m) will earn berths for Tokyo 2025. According to the rules, the top 14 teams in men's and women's 4x100m, 4x400m and mixed 4x400m consist of 8 spots booked Saturday and 6 spots Sunday. In each event, the top 2 teams in each of the 4 heats qualified for the finals and Tokyo 2025, with the remaining teams competing for 6 other spots per event in the second qualification round Sunday. The Chinese squad for the men's 4x400m, composed of rookies Liang Baotang, Li Yiqing, Zhang Qining and Fu Haoran, finished second in Heat 1, breaking the national record, reaching the final and qualifying for Tokyo 2025. "My mind was blank when I was running, just to do my best," said the fourth leg Fu, who caught up to the second place by surpassing a Spainish runner. Mixed 4x100m is a newly-introduced event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, yet was not included in Tokyo 2025. In the event's global debut, Team Canada finished first in qualification with a time of 40.90 seconds. The Chinese quartet of Huang Shuping, Kong Lingyao, Chen Jinfeng and Chen Guanfeng qualified for the final by clocking 41.30 seconds. "It's interesting to mix and mingle boys and girls in 4X100m. We are really excited and happy for the introduction of the event," said Chen Guanfeng. Veteran Xie Zhenye led Team China in men's 4x100m, and the squad clocked 38.30 seconds to finish third in Heat 4, only 0.005 seconds shy of Team Italy, who finished second in the heat. South Africa and Japan set a new world-leading mark with 37.84 seconds. Drama unfolded in the women's 4x100m as China's third-leg runner Liang Xiaojing and fourth-leg runner Ge Manqi made a mistake in passing the baton, finishing sixth in the heat. Elsewhere, the United States made a world-leading mark of 3 minutes and 11.37 seconds in the mixed 4x400m. Spain set a new women's 4x100m national record of 42.18 seconds.
NBC Sports
07-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
KENNY BEDNAREK AND TWANISHA TERRY LEAD TEAM USA AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS IN CHINA THIS WEEKEND LIVE ON CNBC AND PEACOCK
Live Coverage this Saturday and Sunday Begins at 7 a.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock This Weekend's Meet Serves as the Qualifying Event for 2025 World Athletics Championships for the 4x100m, 4x400m, and Mixed-Gender 4x400m Relays, with the Top 14 Countries in Each Race Qualifying Grand Slam Track Highlights from First Two Slams to be Presented on NBC this Saturday at 4 p.m. ET STAMFORD, Conn. – May 7, 2025 – Olympic medalists Kenny Bednarek and Twanisha Terry headline NBC Sports' live coverage of the 2025 World Athletics Relays from Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, China, this Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, at 7 a.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock. An encore presentation will air next week on NBC on Sunday, May 18, at 4 p.m. ET. This meet serves as the qualifying event for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September, with this weekend's top 14 countries in the men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m relays, as well as the mixed-gender 4x400m, securing a spot at the World Championships. The mixed gender 4x100m will be making its debut at this event but will not be featured at the 2025 World Championships. On Saturday, the top two countries in each first-round heat for every relay will qualify for the World Championships and advance to Sunday's finals, where teams will then compete for prize money and final results will determine the lane draws for the World Championships. All other teams will compete on Sunday in the additional round, where the top two teams in each of the three heats will also qualify for Tokyo. Two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek, who is unbeaten in this year's inaugural Grand Slam Track season, is expected to lead the Team USA men along with two-time world 200m medalist Erriyon Knighton and Tokyo Olympic 4x400m mixed relay bronze medalist Elija Godwin. On the women's side, Paris Olympic 4x100m gold medalist Twanisha Terry headlines a competitive team with Tokyo Olympic 4x400m gold medalists Kendall Ellis and Lynna Irby-Jackson. The star Jamaican duo of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, who have combined for 13 Olympic medals, headline an elite international field. Also expected to line up are Rio Olympic 400m gold medalist and 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa), seven-time Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse (Canada), and Paris Olympic 800m bronze medalist Mary Moraa (Kenya). NBC Sports' Bill Spaulding will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon. NBC Sports will present numerous prestigious outdoor track & field events this season, including the NYC Grand Prix on June 21, Prefontaine Classic on July 5 and USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on July 31-Aug. 3 from historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from Sept. 13-21. Additionally, Peacock is the exclusive U.S. streaming home of Grand Slam Track, presenting all four Slams of the inaugural 2025 season live. Future locations and dates include Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa. (May 30-June 1) and UCLA's Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. (June 27-29). Additionally, a highlights special featuring the best moments from the first two Slams will air on NBC this Saturday, May 10, at 4 p.m. ET. --NBC SPORTS--
