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Conor Dooley
conor
Edited 3 months ago
Pretty sad to be honest, that we have an olympic quality track cycling team and no velodrome for them to train (yet, there's one with funding confirmed at least).
"Cycling: The women’s team pursuit qualifier at the National Velodrome has finished, with Ireland missing out on qualification for tomorrow’s round one.
Despite setting a new Irish record, their time of 4:12.447 was only enough to best Japan, leaving them ninth, with a top-eight finish needed to progress.
It ended: 1st – New Zealand, 2nd – USA, 3rd – GB, 4th – Italy, 5th – Germany, 6th – Australia, 7th – France, 8th – Canada, 9th Ireland and 10th – Japan.
To reiterate, Ireland currently doesn’t even have a velodrome, and it’s the first time an Irish women’s team have competed in this event at the Olympics. History-makers."
From:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2024/08/06/olympics-day-11-live-updates-ireland-irish-showjumping-mageean-kellie-harrington-paris-2024/#38844
"Cycling: The women’s team pursuit qualifier at the National Velodrome has finished, with Ireland missing out on qualification for tomorrow’s round one.
Despite setting a new Irish record, their time of 4:12.447 was only enough to best Japan, leaving them ninth, with a top-eight finish needed to progress.
It ended: 1st – New Zealand, 2nd – USA, 3rd – GB, 4th – Italy, 5th – Germany, 6th – Australia, 7th – France, 8th – Canada, 9th Ireland and 10th – Japan.
To reiterate, Ireland currently doesn’t even have a velodrome, and it’s the first time an Irish women’s team have competed in this event at the Olympics. History-makers."
From:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2024/08/06/olympics-day-11-live-updates-ireland-irish-showjumping-mageean-kellie-harrington-paris-2024/#38844
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