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Ger O’Donnell takes to the track for his first race of 2021 later this afternoon, but admits training has been far from straight forward.

Gerard O’Donnell and Cian McPhillips will have one chance to book a place at the European Indoor championships this weekend. 60m hurdler O’Donnell (

Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world 5km record at the Monaco Run on Sunday clocking 14 minutes 43 seconds. The performance by the 29-year-old

Athletics Ireland have confirmed that next month's National Indoor Championships have been cancelled. The championship were due to take place on February 20<sup>

Irish athletics is in mourning after the sudden passing of Jerry Kiernan. Kiernan finished ninth in the 1984 Olympic Marathon were team John Tracey took

World bronze medallist Hugues Fabrice Zango sailed to a world indoor triple jump record of 18.07m* in Aubiere on Saturday. The 27-year-old

The 2021 World Athletic Championship has been postponed until 2023, due to coronavirus uncertainty. The championships were set to take place in Nanjing, China (19-

Dublin will host the 2021 European Cross Country Championships after European Athletics reassigned the 2021 and 2022 hosting arrangements. The national cross country arena at

Ciara Mageean has become the first Irish woman to run a sub-two minute 800 metres. Mageean at the international meet in Bern this evening

Athletics world governing has issued a number of new protocols as athletics around the World begins to resume. Postrace presentations are to be held virtually