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The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the athletics team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Team Ireland will be represented by twenty-three athletes at the Games, with the track and field events taking place in the Stade de France, and the marathon events running through the streets of Paris starting at the Hotel de Ville and finishing at the Esplanade des Invalides.

The officially selected number of athletes competing for Team Ireland has now reached 122, which has now passed the previously largest team ever (116 in Tokyo 2020). The athletics team are travelling to Paris on a high, following on from the phenomenal performances of the Athletics Ireland team at the European Championships last month.

Marathon runner Fionnuala McCormack will be making history by becoming the first Irish woman to compete in five Olympic Games, when she competes on the roads of Paris on the 11 August. The marathon route takes in some of the famous Parisian landmarks, including the Chateau de Versailles, the Grand Palais and the Hotel de Ville.

The track and field events take place in the Stade de France, which transforms from the Rugby Sevens events earlier in the Games to a bespoke athletics stadium, with a purple track.

400m runner and relay racer Sharlene Mawdsley will be competing in her first Olympics, stating, “This is a dream come true, I can’t wait to go out to Paris and represent my country on the biggest stage of all.”   

Tokyo Olympian and 1500m athlete, Andrew Coscoran, is heading into his second Olympic Games and said, “I am honoured and excited to be selected to represent Ireland at my second Olympic Games. I will line up at the Stade de France and do everything in my power to get the most out of myself. This Olympics will be particularly special, being so close to home. I’m looking forward to competing with friends and family cheering from the crowd.”   

Athletics at the Olympics will run from August 1st to August 11th.

Athletes

Individual events:

• Sarah Lavin (Emerald AC) 100m Hurdles
• Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) 400m
• Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) 400m
• Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) 400m
• Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) 1500m
• Sarah Healy (UCD AC) 1500m
• Sophie O’Sullivan (Ballymore Cobh AC) 1500m
• Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) 5000m
• Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) Marathon
• Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) Hammer Throw
• Kate O’Connor (Dundalk St Gerald’s AC) Heptathlon
• Mark English (Finn Valley AC) 800m
• Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) 1500m
• Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers AC) 1500m
• Luke McCann (UCD AC) 1500m
• Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) 5000m
• Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) Shot Put

Mixed 4 x 400m Relay from:

Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy (Bandon AC), Lauren Cadden (Sligo AC), Kelly McGrory (Tír Chonaill AC), Rachel McCann (North Down AC), Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo AC), Thomas Barr (Ferrybank AC), Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers).

Non-Travelling Reserves: Cliodhna Manning (Kilkenny City Harriers), Roisín Harrison (Emerald AC)

Women’s 4 x 400m Relay from:

Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Lauren Cadden, Kelly McGrory, Rachel McCann.

Non-Travelling Reserves: Cliodhna Manning, Roisín Harrison