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The 42
4 days ago
- Sport
- The 42
Mark English breaks his own 800m national record in Poland
MARK ENGLISH HAS broken his own Irish 800m record while winning at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Poland. The Donegal star clocked 1:44.34 for victory in Bydgoszcz, securing automatic qualification for the World Athletics Championships in the process. English finished ahead of Croatia's Marino Bloudek (1:44.74) and Filip Ostrowski of Poland (1:44.96), who both ran personal bests in a highly-competitive race. Advertisement English's previous national record was 1:44.53, set in Madrid last June. 💥𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃💥 Mark English breaks his own Irish 800m record to take the win at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Bydgoszcz, Poland 🙌 ⏱️1:44.34🔥 ℹ️Full result: *Record subject to ratification#IrishAthletics — Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) May 30, 2025 This evening's performance follows on from a hugely impressive win in Los Angeles last weekend, where the 32-year-old posted 1:44.75. The now five-time European medallist has had a superb 2025 to date, with his European Indoor bronze in March seeing him trail only Sonia O'Sullivan in Ireland's all-time medal tally at major championships. Elsewhere at the same meet in Bydgoszcz, Cathal Doyle finished third the men's 1500m. The Dubliner clocked 3:34.67, earning coveted ranking points to improve his chances for qualification for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September. Jodie McCann, meanwhile, was eighth in the women's 1500m in 4:09.78.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Mark English breaks his own 800m national record in Poland
Mark English ran a scorching 1:44.34 to break his own 800m Irish record at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The five-time European 800m medallist ran a composed opening 400m and finished strongly down the home straight to better his previous record (1:44.34) set last June in Madrid. The 32-year-old continued his fine form this season, the record coming hot on the heels of a hugely impressive win at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles last weekend. The Finn Valley athlete has continued to build on the indoor form which saw him claim European bronze back in March, a result which now sees him trail only Sonia O'Sullivan in Ireland's all-time medal tally at major championships.
Sunday World
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Sharlene Mawdsley's GAA star boyfriend shares first snap since going ‘Instagram official'
The couple went 'Instagram official' in recent weeks. Olympian Sharlene Mawdsley's GAA star boyfriend has shared a snap of her to his Instagram stories for the first time. Tipperary hurler Mikey Breen posted a picture of his beau dressed casually in a cap, trainers, shorts and a hoody as she walked his dog Lola. 'Lola's favourite is back (for one full day)' he captioned the picture. Sharlene Mawdsley (Instagram: Mikey Breen) It comes as the sprinter clocked a season best at the Women's 400m event at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Croatia on Saturday. She ran the distance in 51.14, finishing second to Spain's Paula Sevilla. Mawdsley has kept her love life secret under wraps her debut at the Paris Olympics last year. But last weekend she revealed that she was dating the Tipperary sports star. Taking to social media, the 26-year-old shared a snap of herself and her boyfriend wearing matching GAA jerseys as she supported the full back following their home win over Waterford on Saturday. Sharlene Mawdsley and Mikey Breen (Photo: Instagram) News in 90 Seconds - May 26th 2025 '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.'
The Irish Sun
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘One full day' – Sharlene Mawdsley's Tipperary GAA star boyfriend shares first snap of them together
NEVER mind One Fine Day, Sharlene Mawdsley and Michael Breen were just content to share 'one full day' amid her globetrotting schedule. The sprinter was back in her native county for a full 24 hours after placing second in a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Zagreb on Saturday. 2 'Lola's favourite is back (for one full day)' Credit: @MIKEYBREENO 2 The high-profile pair went Instagram official last weekend Credit: @sharlenem1 Breen and his teammates had the weekend off from the Munster Hurling Championship as it happened to be their bye week in the five-team competition. They were able to rest easy knowing that they'd already secured a spot in the top-three and with it, progression to the All-Ireland Series. Sunday's action ensured they won't be in the Munster final, however, as Cork leapfrogged them in the standings with Read More On Irish Sport June 7 will be the Rebels' first provincial final since 2018 where they will attempt to stop Limerick clinching a ridiculous SEVENTH crown in a row. Victorious manager Pat Ryan said: 'We left an awful lot of chances behind us. But it's knockout Championship, there's going to be a bit more trepidation in it, a bit more nervousness in it. 'Both ourselves and Waterford knew that if we didn't win, we'd be out of the Championship. We played a small bit like that, with a bit of nerves.' Ryan's side finished the game with their wides tally at 17. Most read in Athletics One of those was a glorious goal opportunity for Shane Barrett. Ryan added: 'That's something we'll work on, the efficiency side of it, but I thought our work-rate, our hitting the breaks, our hunger to get on the ball was an awful lot better than it was last week and that's the way it should be. That's the standard. RTE pundit Joe Canning urges GAA to make huge change for Leinster hurling final as fans 'totally agree' 'You're not always going to play as well or have great hurling at times and things might not come off in your game-plan. "But your work-rate, your attitude and your character has to be the standard. 'From our point of view, the attitude last week wasn't good enough. The effort wasn't good enough. I don't think we played brilliant hurling today but today was about attitude and character.' The 48-year-old also used his post-game platform to He insisted: 'It's hard not to get drawn into the hype. Some of it was stupid stuff altogether and a lot of it was coming from outside the county. 'You heard people writing off Limerick, some of our own people. Are they off their game or what? 'From my point of view, that was very annoying. I think sometimes fellas would be building you up, hoping that you'd get a kick in the ass.' Just five weeks since
Japan Forward
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Japan Forward
At the Seiko Golden Grand Prix, Haruka Kitaguchi Returns to Winning Form
Reporting on track and field's Seiko Golden Grand Prix, Oliver Rowland's success in Formula E's Tokyo E-Prix races and the Japan Rugby League One playoffs. Haruka Kitaguchi competes in the women's javelin event at the 2025 Seiko Golden Grand Prix on May 18 at Tokyo's National Stadium. (©SANKEI) Haruka Kitaguchi dominated the proceedings to win the women's javelin competition at the 2025 Seiko Golden Grand Prix at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday, May 18. The reigning Olympic and world champion topped the chart with the day's best throw (64.16 meters). It was also her best throw of the year. Also for Japan, Momone Ueda was the runner-up in the women's javelin (60.66) in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet. Kitaguchi, 27, began her 2025 season with a fourth-place finish (60.88) in Shaoxing, China, in a Diamond League meet on May 3. After a better result in her second competition of 2025 on Sunday, Kitaguchi provided insights on her performance. "I don't think it was perfect, but it was a relief that I was able to throw it," Kitaguchi was quoted as saying by Daily Sports. "It gave me confidence." Analyzing her performances in China and in Tokyo, she added: "It's not perfect, but I'm getting closer little by little." The 2025 World Athletics Championships (September 13-21) will be held at the same stadium. Ryuji Miura in action during the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at National Stadium. Miura won the race. (©SANKEI) In another notable performance on Sunday in the Japanese capital, Australia's Georgia Griffith set a meet record in the women's 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 1.10 seconds. Fellow Aussies Rose Davies and Jude Thomas established Seiko Golden Grand Prix records in the women's and men's 3,000, respectively, in 8:43.38 and 7:39.69. Also Sunday, Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the reigning Olympic and world champion, was victorious in the women's high jump (1.96 meters). And in a race that generated lively applause from the home crowd, two-time Olympian Ryuji Miura, a Shimane Prefecture native, won the men's 3,000 steeplechase in 8:18.96. Milkesa Fikadu of Ethiopia was the runner-up (8:20.10). Complete meet results are posted on the World Athletics website. Nissan Formula E Team's Oliver Rowland leads the pack in the Tokyo E-Prix on May 18 at the Tokyo Street Circuit. (©SANKEI) Oliver Rowland won Round 9 of the FIA Formula E World Championship at the Tokyo Street Circuit on Sunday, May 18. Rowland's Tokyo E-Prix triumph was his fourth victory of the 2024-25 season. The Nissan driver entered the electric car race in pole position (out of 21 participants), having earned the spot due to his impressive performance in Saturday's free practice. (Qualifying was canceled due to rain.) A day earlier, in Round 8, the first of two Tokyo E-Prix events, Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne of Maserati MSG Racing was the winner. Vandoorne started 14th on the grid and held off runner-up Rowland by 8-plus seconds. Looking back at the two Tokyo races, Rowland was in an upbeat mood. "I'm thrilled to have had such a strong weekend in front of our home fans here in Japan," Rowland told reporters. "The car felt great throughout and the team did a brilliant job." Rowland added, "Yesterday we were unlucky not to win the race, a driver from further down the order took a risk on Pit Boost (the battery-charging pit stop), which paid off really well, but second is still a good haul of points. Winning today with all this local support was an amazing feeling." Nissan's Norman Nato finished 15th in Saturday's race. He was 17th in the weekend's second event. Tokyo E-Prix winner Oliver Rowland on May 18. (Nissan Formula E Team) After Round 9, Rowland is first in drivers' championship standings (161 points), followed by TAG Heuer Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein (66). And with Rowland leading the way, the Nissan Formula E Team is No 1 in the drivers' championship standings with 161 points and first in the manufacturers' championship standings (256). Porsche is No 2 in both. The 16-race season is scheduled to wrap up on July 27 in London. Rounds 10 and 11 are set for May 31 and June 1 in Shanghai. Tokyo Formula E Sparks Hope at Wobbling Nissan Seungsin Lee of the Kobelco Kobe Steelers scores a try in the fifth minute against the Shizuoka BlueRevs in the Japan Rugby League One quarterfinals on May 17 in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. (©SANKEI) The Kobelco Kobe Steelers defeated the Shizuoka BlueRevs 35-20 in a Japan Rugby League One playoff quarterfinal match on Saturday, May 17 in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. With a berth in the semifinals up for grabs, the Steelers took a 17-10 lead into the intermission at Hanazono Rugby Stadium. A day later, at the same venue, the Kubota Spears earned a 20-15 win over Tokyo Sungoliath in another quarterfinal showdown. Kubota clung to a 3-0 lead entering the second half. The League One semifinal matchups are now set. On May 24, reigning champion Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo and Kobelco square off at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. Kickoff is 2:05 PM. Then, on May 25, it's the Saitama Wild Knights vs Kubota at the same stadium, starting at 2:30. Author: Ed Odeven Find Ed on JAPAN Forward' s dedicated website, SportsLook . Follow his [Japan Sports Notebook] on Sundays, [Odds and Evens] during the week, and X (formerly Twitter) ＠ed_odeven .
