# olympics - Sunday 12 January, 2020
As the clock ticks down to Tokyo, The42 revisits the extraordinary adventures of Cork’s double Olympic champion Dr Pat O’Callaghan.
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# olympics - Sunday 29 December, 2019
Brendan Boyce talks to The42 about the rigours of his craft and his hopes for Tokyo 2020.
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Darragh Greene started swimming competitively after he broke his leg in fourth year, and now he’s set to represent Ireland at the 2020 Olympics.
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# olympics - Saturday 21 December, 2019
Dubliner makes history as the first Irish taekwondo athlete to qualify for the Olympics.
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# olympics - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
The Green Army open their bid in Tokyo against South Africa.
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# olympics - Friday 13 December, 2019
Peter Snell was the first male athlete to win the 800m-1500m double at an Olympics since 1920.
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# olympics - Monday 9 December, 2019
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced the suspension this morning.
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# olympics - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Sonia O’Sullivan speaks to The42 as she reflects on life after turning 50.
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# olympics - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
‘I think my mother is still genuinely waiting for her to get a real job.’
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# olympics - Monday 25 November, 2019
The42 takes a visit to Cobh, the hometown of Irish sporting legend, Sonia O’Sullivan.
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# olympics - Monday 18 November, 2019
IOC President Thomas Bach says the partnership will bring the Games into ‘the digital age’.
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# olympics - Monday 4 November, 2019
Chloe Watkins showed nerves of steel to help her side secure Olympic qualification.
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# olympics - Sunday 3 November, 2019
The Green Army secured their place at the Olympics after a two-legged battle with Canada.
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# olympics - Saturday 2 November, 2019
Sean Dancer’s side were unable to break the deadlock at a very wet Energia Park.
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The Ireland women’s hockey team are chasing Olympic qualification after facing challenging times in recent months.
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# olympics - Friday 1 November, 2019
Philip Matthews, father of hockey star Hannah Matthews, is among those who are getting Energia Park in order for this weekend.
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# olympics - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
Judges will press a button when they mark blows and their decisions will be immediately shown on a screen.
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# olympics - Sunday 27 October, 2019
Michael Carruth believes that the world champion should hang up her gloves while she’s at the top.
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Ireland’s men ran out 5-3 winners in Vancouver on Saturday.
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# olympics - Saturday 28 September, 2019
The 21-year-old was first up and last to qualify today.
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# olympics - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
The Dubliner won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the discipline.
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# olympics - Monday 23 September, 2019
In another blow, the IAAF maintained a ban on the Russian athletics federation.
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# olympics - Thursday 5 September, 2019
Blanca Fernández Ochoa was last seen on 24 August.
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# olympics - Thursday 22 August, 2019
The model has been adopted by other smaller nations.
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# olympics - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
In the latest episode of Ireland 2029, we look at what the country needs to do to bring more medals home.
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How can we boost Ireland’s number of podium finishes? We find out more on Ireland 2029.
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# olympics - Thursday 15 August, 2019
Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown won’t be doing this again.
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# olympics - Sunday 11 August, 2019
The Sunday Telegraph is reporting that Sajid Javid wants production ramped up.
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# olympics - Thursday 8 August, 2019
Carl Lewis also supports the USA women’s soccer team who filed a discrimination lawsuit this year.
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# olympics - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
The Northern Irishman is on home soil for this week’s 148th Open Championship.
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# olympics - Monday 15 July, 2019
Billy Dardis and his squad will have one last shot at Olympic qualification next year.
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# olympics - Sunday 14 July, 2019
The women’s side crashed out this morning after defeat to England.
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# olympics - Monday 17 June, 2019
Silver medalist Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa has today been suspended for four years having been provisionally banned since last month.
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# olympics - Sunday 9 June, 2019
The 20km race walker finished in a time of 1:20:50 on Sunday, just inside the qualifying standard time.
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# olympics - Thursday 6 June, 2019
The Waterford native missed out on a podium place, but improved on his performance in Stockholm last week.
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# olympics - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
The double Olympic 800m champion lost her case against controversial IAAF rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels.
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# olympics - Tuesday 28 May, 2019
The outcome has been hailed as a step in the right direction for the sport.
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# olympics - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
‘Today’s decision was taken in the interest of the athletes and the sport of boxing,’ IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement.
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Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte is ending her career in the sport.
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# olympics - Saturday 18 May, 2019
The 26-year-old now turns his attention to the IAAF World Championships at the end of September.
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