Australian distance runner Collis Birmingham has confirmed that he will return to Leeside for the 65th Cork City Sports to attempt to win the 3000m event for the third time. He previously won the 3000m race in 2012 & 2013.
Collis Birmingham is one of Australia’s best runners. The 30-year-old, Ballarat resident has twice competed in the Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing as well as the 2012 London edition. The former Australian 10,000-metre record holder has competed six times during the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, once as a junior and three times in the IAAF World Track and Field Championships.
Birmingham is coached by famed Australian athletics coach Nic Bideau, who is well-known for coaching Craig Mottram, Cathy Freeman and Sonia O’Sullivan to name a few
Collis Birmingham's IAAF Athlete Profile
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Niamh McCarthy, Eagle AC, representing Ireland at the IPC European Paralympic Championships, in Grosetto, Italy, claimed the Silver medal, behind Poland's Renata Sliwinska, in an extremely competitive competition, during which Niamh twice broke the European F41 record.
The Championship is decided on a point basis, so while Niamh was in the F41 category, the Polish athlete was competing in the F40 category, so Niamh required a considerably longer throw to overcome the Pole.
Niamh threw a European record of 25.45m in Round 2, and improved this by a huge margin, in Round 3, to another European Record of 27:05m, which put her into the lead. Niamh's fourth round throw was 26.98m , however the points system put the Pole back in the lead, by 15 points.
The final standings saw Renata Sliwinska, Poland, take Gold, with a throw of 16.78m, earning her 848 points, while Niamh's 27.05m earned her the Silver, just 17 points behind the Gold Medal performance.
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Afternoon Session, Wed, June 15th
Orla Barry, Leevale AC, has won Gold, in a competetive F57 Discus Final, at the IPC World Championships, in Grossetto, Italy, this afternoon. Orla threw a PB of 31:14m, in the final round.
Orla becomes the third Irish medalist, in the games, after Deirdre Mongan took Bronze, in the F53/54 Shot Put, on Saturday, while, yesterday, North Cork AC's Noelle Linehan took Gold in the F38 Discus.
Report on Paralympics Ireland Website
Noelle Linehan wins Gold, with a World Record throw.
Leevale AC held a reception in Cork's River Lee Hotel, on Monday May 30th, to acknowledge and honour the section of athletes and officials for the forthcoming European Half-Marathon Championships, in Amsterdam, in July, and the Rio Olympics.
Three Leevale members, Lizzie Lee and Alex Wright have been selected, having achieved the respective qualification times. Donie Walsh has been appointed Athletics ireland's Distance Coach for the Olympic Games, while Michelle Finn awaits formal ratification, early in July. Leevale member Brian Keane is also Rio bound, having qualified in the Triathlon. Leevale hope that other members will also qualify, before the looming qualification deadline. It is noteworthy that Donie is heading back to the Olympics, in 2016, 44 year after competing in the Olympic Marathon at the Munich Olympics.
17:30pm Tuesday June 28th 2016
Following the success of last year’s race, Leisureworld are proud to sponsor the ‘Open 3k’ again at this year’s Cork City Sports, on Tuesday June 28th.
Revised Qualification Criteria
The Qualification criteria for the LeisureWorld 3k have been revised. There are just a few places still remaining, so, with Cork City Sports now just a week away, interested athletes and coaches should contact Shane Simcox without delay
Entries Sought - REVISED QUALIFICATION TIME
Entries are welcomed from athletes aged 18 years and over AND who have achieved the times outlined below:
Have run under 9min 20secs for 3k in the last 2 years
or
Have run 16:00, or under for 5k, also in the past two years
Contact
Athletes interested in taking part in this race should email LeisureWorld's This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Required Information - When emailing, please include:
Date of Birth:
Club:
Contact Number:
Best 3k posted in last 2 years, and where achieved:
or
Best 5k posted in last 2 years, and where achieved:
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Niamh McCarthy
Niamh McCarthy, Eagle AC, represents Ireland in today's F41 Discus, at the IPC European Championships, in Grosetto, Italy.
Niamh, from Carrigaline, will be hoping to build on her Bronze Medal performance at last year's World Championships, in Doha, Quatar. Doha was her first major International Championships, since emerging on the Paralympic athletic scene in 2013.
Niamh's athletic profile can be seen on the Paralympics Ireland website
Niamh's Discus event is scheduled for 16:22 today, Wed 15th June (17:22 local, Italian time)
The Championships are streamed live on the following channels:
IPC website
Deutsche Paralympische Mannschaft
North Cork AC's Noelle Lenihan wins Gold for Ireland and sets new World Record at IPC Athletics European Championships
Cork’s Noelle Lenihan has added to Ireland’s medal collection at the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) Athletics European Championships this evening, when she secured a gold medal and set a new World Record in the F38 Discus final.
Noelle set the new World Record on her very first attempt, when she threw a whopping 32.14m – a throw that put her straight to the top of the table and eventually won her the gold medal.
Speaking about the fantastic performance, National Throws Coach Dave Sweeney said: “She did great, and we're really happy. She was very controlled, and to be honest, she has been throwing further than that the last few days in training so she's a little bit disappointed that she didn't throw further today! There was a tricky wind, which blew a lot of the discs down so it was a fantastic for her to throw so well in those conditions."
"This is a really big step in her career - to break a World Record and win a European Championships in one go and to then be a little bit unhappy with the performance is the sign of a good mindset and a sign of more exciting things to come in Rio!
"She will come away from today having learned a lot, she had very good competition there so she was pushed to the very end and we're delighted for her."
This was Ireland’s second medal of the Championships, following on from Deirdre Mongan’s bronze medal on Day 1 (Saturday, June 11th) in the F53/54 Shot Put final.
Noelle Linehan - Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month - September 2015
Last October, Noelle was honoured with the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month award or September, for her World Record throw of 31.64m, in the F38 catefory, at the World Championships, in Doha, Quatar
Noelle Linehan Interview
Interview with Noelle Linehan - Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month October 2015 from Webmaster - Cork Athletics on Vimeo.
