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Extra.ie
29-04-2025
- Health
- Extra.ie
McCabes Pharmacy teams up with Athletic Ireland for major new initiative
McCabes Pharmacy has been named as the exclusive pharmacy partner of Athletics Ireland. As part of the new collaboration, McCabes Pharmacy will become the title sponsor of Athletics Ireland's national community fitness initiative. The initiative has been rebranded as the McCabes Pharmacy Fit for Life Programme. McCabes Pharmacy has been named as the exclusive pharmacy partner of Athletics Ireland. Pic: Maxwell's Designed to support people of all fitness levels, the programme encourages communities across Ireland to get moving. Irish Olympians Thomas Barr and Kate O'Connor were on hand to launch the McCabe Pharmacy Fit for Life Programme. They were joined by members of Athletics Ireland and team members from McCabes Pharmacy. Kate O'Connor and Thomas Barr at the launch. Pic: Maxwell's Speaking about the partnership, Kate O'Connor said: 'It's brilliant to see such a supportive and welcoming space for people getting into fitness or coming back to it.' 'Programmes like this really show that movement is for everyone, and it's amazing to see McCabes Pharmacy helping communities across Ireland take those first steps.' Hamish Adams, CEO of Athletics Ireland, continued: 'We're delighted to welcome McCabes Pharmacy as our exclusive pharmacy partner and title sponsor of Fit for Life.' 'Their dedication to accessible, personalised healthcare aligns seamlessly with our goal of making fitness enjoyable and achievable for everyone, no matter where they're starting from.'
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
O'Connor says World Indoor silver is 'madness'
Ireland's Kate O'Connor has described claiming a World Indoor Championship pentathlon silver medal within a fortnight of earning a European Indoor bronze as "madness". The multi-eventer latest's medal was the first time an Irish athlete has achieved a podium position at a World Indoor Championships since Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles triumph in 2006. O'Connor admitted she had little idea as to how her competition in the Chinese city of Nanjing was going to unfold after her heroics in Apeldoorn 12 days ago. "I've never done a competition so close [to another competition] let alone a championships," the Newry-born athlete, 24, told BBC Sport. "It was all about rest and recovery and, to be honest, coming in I was really unsure how it would go. "Normally I would do a week of training going into a competition and I would know where I'm at whereas coming into this, my last training session was the Europeans." However, the Dundalk woman immediately showed she remained in the form of her life by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best of 8.30 seconds. A high jump of 1.81m - only three centimetres down on the best she set in the Netherlands - was followed by another lifetime best shot put of 14.64m, which added 10 centimetres to her previous best mark. That left O'Connor, who won Commonwealth Games heptathlon silver for Northern Ireland behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson in 2022, in second place after three events. While she slipped to third - just three points behind US athlete Taliyah Brooks - despite another long jump personal best of 6.32m, the Northern Ireland athlete finished well ahead of the American in the concluding 800m to secure the silver. "I knew that to get the silver, I had to beat the American girl, so that was just the plan. I just wanted to go out and run hard and just fight until the very end," she added. "I wasn't sure where she was at all but for the last 50m I was just thinking 'how much do you want the silver?'. I'm upgrading from the [bronze at the] Europeans so I'm really happy." O'Connor also told Athletics Ireland she hopes her medals over the last fortnight will "really push multi-events forward in the country and let younger athletes see what other options are available to them in athletics". She becomes only the seventh Irish athlete to claim an individual medal at a World Indoor Championship, following in the footsteps of Marcus O'Sullivan, Paul Donovan, Frank O'Mara, Sonia O'Sullivan, Paul McKee and O'Rourke.
BBC News
21-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
O'Connor says World Indoor silver is 'madness'
Ireland athlete Kate O'Connor described securing a World Indoor Championship pentathlon silver medal less than a fortnight after earning a European Indoor bronze as "madness".The multi-eventer latest's medal was the first time an Irish athlete has achieved a podium position at a World Indoor Championships since Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles triumph in 2006.O'Connor admitted she had little idea as to how her competition in the Chinese city of Nanjing was going to unfold after her heroics in Apeldoorn 12 days ago."I've never done a competition so close [to another competition] let alone a championships," the Newry-born athlete, 24, told BBC Sport."It was all about rest and recovery and to honest coming into today, I was really unsure how it would go. "Normally I would do a week of training going into a competition and I would know where I'm at whereas coming into this, my last training session was the Europeans." However, the Dundalk woman immediately showed that she remained in the form of her life by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best of 8.30 seconds. A high jump of 1.81m - only three centimetres down on her PB set in the Netherlands - was followed by another lifetime best shot put of 14.64m which added 10 centimetres to her previous best left O'Connor, who won Commonwealth Games heptathlon silver for Northern Ireland behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson in 2022, in second place after three she slipped to third spot - a tiny three points behind US athlete Taliyah Brooks - despite another long jump personal best of 6.32m, the Northern Ireland athlete finished well ahead of the American in the concluding 800m to secure the silver."I knew that to get the silver, I had to beat the American girl so that was just the plan. I just wanted to go out and run hard and just fight until the very end," added the 24-year-old."I wasn't sure where she was at all but for the last 50m I was just thinking 'how much do you want the silver?'. I'm upgrading from the [bronze at the] Europeans so I'm really happy."O'Connor also told Athletics Ireland that she hopes her medals over the last fortnight will "really push multi events forward in the country and let younger athletes see what other options are available to them in athletics".
NBC Sports
21-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Vanninen clinches pentathlon win in women's 800m
Saga Vanninen wrapped up the women's pentathlon win in the women's 800m at the 2025 World Indoor Championships ahead of Ireland's Kate O'Connor and American Taliyah Brooks, who rounded out the podium in Nanjing, China.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
O'Connor in silver medal position at World Indoors
Ireland's Kate O'Connor is in the silver medal position in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing with two events remaining. O'Connor, who earned the bronze medal at the European Indoors earlier this month, produced a personal best of 8.30 seconds in the opening 60m hurdles and a strong performance in the high jump was followed by another lifetime best of 14.64 metres in the shot put. The Newry-born Ireland athlete is on 2,889 points going into the long jump which starts at 10:42 GMT. That puts her 78 points behind Finland's European Indoors winner Saga Vanninen who looks on course for another gold medal. O'Connor is seven points ahead of third-placed US athlete Taliyah Brooks with another American Timara Chapman 80 points behind the Irish woman in fourth spot. With fifth-placed German Vanessa Grimm 129 points adrift of the Dundalk athlete, the medals look likely to be fought out by the leading four with O'Connor aiming to clinch Ireland's first World Indoors medal since Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles triumph in 2006. O'Connor and Chapman led the high jump standings with marks of 1.81m which was 0.03m down on the Irish woman's personal best set at the European Indoors. The concluding 800m, which O'Connor won at the European Indoors, takes place at 13:08 GMT. O'Connor won the Commonwealth Games heptathlon silver medal for Northern Ireland in 2022 before producing her major international breakthrough earlier this month in Apeldoorn. The Northern Ireland athlete's 60m hurdles and shot put performances were improvements of 0.01 seconds and 10 centimetres on her previous lifetime bests. Andrew Coscoran and Sophie O'Sullivan compete in 1500m heats on Friday's opening day of action in China. Coscoran has also entered the 3000m, which is a straight final on Saturday with James Gormley running in the Ireland vest, while Sarah Healy will be a strong Irish medal hope in Saturday's women's 3000m final after winning the European title two weeks ago. Sarah Lavin will be the last of the six-strong Ireland team in action when she competes in the women's 60m hurdles on Sunday after finishing fourth at the European Indoors.
