Ian O'Riordan: Over a century only six people have won medals for Ireland in athletics, and only three of those were won on the Olympic track
Over a century only six people have won medals for Ireland in athletics, and only three of those were won on the Olympic track– and wish me luck on that – is to knock into the museum of the Monnaie de Paris on the left bank of the Seine.
Part of his challenge was those finals were scheduled to start just 55 minutes apart. Entirely undaunted, Nurmi won the 1,500m first, running three seconds inside the Olympic record, before promptly adding a second gold in the 5,000m, beating his revered team-mate Ville Ritola. No woman has ever won the same individual track event three times at the Olympics, and Kipyegon will also set herself that task in Paris in the 1,500m, having already triumphed in Rio and Tokyo.
Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands: is bidding to become the first woman in Olympic history to win the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon triple at the same Games. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images for World Athletics Marchand started out by almost lifting the roof off the Paris La Défense Arena when winning the 200m butterfly, chasing down world record holder and defending champion Kristof Milak from Hungary, before adding the 200m breaststroke. Not even Michael Phelps could win twoWhen I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul O’Donovan in Cork last November, he didn’t even know he had the chance to become the first Irish athlete to win a medal in three different Olympics.
That’s also why Adeleke couldn’t entertain any slight element of doubt that she could win a medal in her individual event, and so might be better off trying first in the mixed relay. All in, or nothing at all.
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