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Jen chats to Modern Pentathlete, Natalya Coyle about the Tokyo Olympics and the new 'Power of Choice' menu at O'Brien's Sandwich bars!

Boxing has been excluded from the initial LA Olympic Games 2028 programme.  Kieran Cunningham, Chief sports writer with the Irish Daily Star, Darren O'Neill, former Olympic boxer, Mick Dowling, Former Boxer & current analyst & Natalya Coyle, Modern Pentathlete athlete all joined Andrea to discuss... 

Johnny Ward is joined by Olympian Rhys McClenaghan, as well as journalist with the Irish Examiner Brendan O'Brien to get all the latest Irish Olympic updates! #TalentUnleashed | @IndeedIE

Des Cahill reports live from Tokyo where Meath woman Natalya Coyle may add to Team Ireland's medal haul today.

0:38 Irish Rowing Qualify Two Boats For Tokyo Olympics 1:48 World Cup II: Sanita Puspure in Action 2:24 200m Record for Rhasidat Adeleke, Nadia Power in action at Continental Tour Gold 4:22 Jenny Egan Misses Out on Olympic Qualification 5:00 Fifth for Natalya Coyle, Improved Rankings for Sive Brassil 6:00 European Championships: Relays Aiming for Tokyo Qualification, World Para European Swimming Championships, Two Finals for Diver Clare Cryan, 10th Place for Tanya Watson 9:10 Carolyn Hayes Striving for Tokyo 9:40 Hockey Ireland take on Scotland, EuroHockey Upcoming 9:55 Olivia Mehaffey in Action 10:20 No Underage Competition for LGFA Players, Cork Speak Out Criticizing LGFA Decision 14:20 Rugby 7s in Action Against France & Great Britain Visit the website https://hersport.ie/ Check out the Her Sport channels Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hersport.ie Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HerSport.ie/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HerSportDotIE About Her Sport: Her Sport is a media platform centred on bringing the latest Irish and international women's sports news. Her Sport aims to empower women in sport, inspire more female participation, increase opportunity and level the playing field for future generations. Our objective is to create real and tangible change. Contact us: hello@hersport.ie

The It's Just Sport Team of Niamh Tallon & Joanne O'Riordan bring you the latest in sport. Britney Arendzee claims bronze in Para Powerlifting Championships, Natalya Coyle & Sive Brassil in action in Modern Pentathlon (and we give you a good insight into the sport itself!), Women's National League results, the upcoming Six Nations & our Fantasy Rugby League with some great prizes up for grabs, as well as recruitment for luge and an Irish bobsleigh story!! Visit the website https://hersport.ie/ Check out the Her Sport channels Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hersport.ie Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HerSport.ie/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HerSportDotIE About Her Sport: Her Sport is a media platform centred on bringing the latest Irish and international women's sports news. Her Sport aims to empower women in sport, inspire more female participation, increase opportunity and level the playing field for future generations. Our objective is to create real and tangible change. Contact us: hello@hersport.ie

Up Close and Personal is a new series in association with Gillette where friends, teammates or sporting couples or siblings get to know a little bit more about each other. This week we are catching up with Irish Olympic athletes Natalya Coyle & Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe. In association with Gillette | Made Of What Matters

Wednesday's #OTBAM podcast - the GAA vaccinations debate, Mitten on Man Utd, Natalya Coyle, Golf tips, Poch regrets! Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am. 01:00 - Live with Ger & Eoin - The Mystery of Paul Pogba. 12:00 - Sports News with Phil Egan. 18:00 - GAA with Jamie Wall - should players get bumped up the vaccination queue? 40:00 - Sports Pages - Alan Kelly departs the Irish set-up. 50:00 - Football with Andy Mitten: Man United go top of the PL. 1:08:00 - Virtual Insanity with John Duggan. 1:21:00 - Irish Olympian Natalya Coyle. 1:45:00 - The AM Agenda with Colm Boohig - Man Utd will regret letting Poch go. Anything else for the OTB AM agenda? Let us know in the live comments or Whatsapp the show at 087 9 180180, or email AM@offtheball.com! #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #MadeOfWhatMatters

Natalya Coyle checked in with OTB AM as she continues her preparations for the rescheduled Olympic games. #OTBAM is brought to you live every morning with Gillette | #MadeOfWhatMatters

With Ruby and Marie. Former Republic of Ireland striker David Connolly on last night's English Championship madness; pentathlete Natalya Coyle on preparing for the Olympics; and Jeff Sheppard with the latest sports news from across the Atlantic. Game On.

Joining Marie Crowe and Ruby Walsh are Ted Walsh, Enda Stevens, Andy Moran, Enda King and Natalya Coyle.

Natalya has just qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a Modern Pentathlete, she came 6th in Rio - 9th in London & is a world medalist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Monday morning, coming down. This is what a hurling hangover feels like. After a weekend of unbelievable action at Croke Park, we're pale and drawn and washed out by it all. But if the hurlers can go again, we can too. Not all heroes wear helmets. Sean Moran is in studio to put some order on it all for us. The mighty Natalya Coyle has had an amazing summer in the modern pentathlon, winning her first ever silver medal at a World Cup and leading the Irish team to a podium finish in the European Championships. She's in for a visit to tell us about her rise through the ranks, balancing her training and how Ireland accidentally won a silver medal in Hungary. And the Ireland women's hockey team will play a World Cup quarter-final on Thursday, having topped their pool as the surprise packages of the tournament in London. Johnny Watterson was there last week and joins us to break down how this has happened and what hockey needs to do to capitalise on their moment in the spotlight. All in your Monday morning Added Time with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey. Find what you're looking for: 2.45 Hurling with Sean Moran 24.00 Pentathlete Natalya Coyle 35.00 Hockey with Johnny Watterson

For our Christmas Special this week we’ve invited our very first guest panellists back to share some of their Christmas traditions and festive plans for the season. Comedian Joanne McNally and former online scrapper turned personal trainer Rosemary McCabe talk Santa presents, office shenanigans, and being terrified of Elf on the shelf. For our Spotlight On Sport Niamh is joined by two time Olympian and modern pentathlon athlete Natalya Coyle, they’re discussing the importance of doping regulations, relaxing for Christmas and when the road to Tokyo will truly begin.

It's a bumper edition of the extratime.ie Sportscast as presenter Declan Marron is once again joined in studio by extratime.ie reporter Dave Donnelly. It's been a great few weeks for Ireland's Modern Pentathlete Natalya Coyle. In June, Natalya and her team-mate Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe finished in first place at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup IV. That was followed by the news that she had been retrospectively been bumped up to sixth place at the Rio Olympics. Natalya joins Declan and Dave on the phone from a training camp in Poland as she talks about the increasing profile of Modern Pentathlon in Ireland, drugs in sport as well as her targets for the future. The transfer window shut last week and we have two players on the Sportscast that secured moves from the West to Dublin clubs. First up St. Patrick's Athletic new signing Paul O'Conor talks about life at his new club having moved from Limerick and the targets for the rest of the current season. It's been a big few years for Lee Grace. Having started out with Wexford Youths, a move to Galway United meant leaving his job in the Army. Now the Tipperary native has moved to Shamrock Rovers and he talks to the lads about the whirlwind few years and the move to professional football.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/extratimecom)

Natalya Coyle is a double-Olympian with two Top 10 finishes, a World Cup gold winner, and the paramount ambassador for her sport of Modern Pentathlon in Ireland. It’s tricky to track down an athlete who trains intensively in FIVE different disciplines – but we caught up with Natalya to talk about everything from her rise […] La entrada Fair Game #14 | Fair Game Meets Natalya Coyle se publicó primero en Headstuff.

Today the lads go back to the Tokyo Games of 1964 to hear the amazing story of the Irish runner Jim Hogan who didn’t medal, but did become a heroic figure in the childhood of the shows main guest, author and columnist Fintan O’Toole. The lads also catch up with Olympic Silver medallist Annalise Murphy and Natalya Coyle.

With guests Dara O'Briain and Natalya Coyle

Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the team credit Chef de Mission Sonia O Sullivan, Olympic medal winner, as the reason for the unique spirit of the group. In the weeks running up to the Games Athena Media produced a series profiling some of the women athletes and their stories for Newstalk Breakfast, and in this one hour documentary producers Helen Shaw and Lisa Essuman talk to athletes including Annalise Murphy, Olive Loughnane, Natalya Coyle, Chloe Magee, Lisa Kearney, Aileen Morrison and Sycerika McMahon as well as team leader Sonia O Sullivan about the behind the scenes stories of the Olympic Games, the highs and the lows, winners and losers, and the lessons from London 2012 for the future of sport in Ireland. The documentary aired on Bank Holiday Monday 29th October 2012 at 12pm on Newstalk 106-108fm and was made with the support of the BAI sound and vision scheme. The documentary breaks at 21.16 and returns again at 21:27.

Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the team credit Chef de Mission Sonia O Sullivan, Olympic medal winner, as the reason for the unique spirit of the group. In the weeks running up to the Games Athena Media produced a series profiling some of the women athletes and their stories for Newstalk Breakfast, and in this one hour documentary producers Helen Shaw and Lisa Essuman talk to athletes including Annalise Murphy, Olive Loughnane, Natalya Coyle, Chloe Magee, Lisa Kearney, Aileen Morrison and Sycerika McMahon as well as team leader Sonia O Sullivan about the behind the scenes stories of the Olympic Games, the highs and the lows, winners and losers, and the lessons from London 2012 for the future of sport in Ireland. This is the second promo of the hour long documentary which airs on Bank Holiday Monday 29th October 2012 at 12pm on Newstalk 106-108fm

Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the team credit Chef de Mission Sonia O Sullivan, Olympic medal winner, as the reason for the unique spirit of the group. In the weeks running up to the Games Athena Media produced a series profiling some of the women athletes and their stories for Newstalk Breakfast, and in this one hour documentary producers Helen Shaw and Lisa Essuman talk to athletes including Annalise Murphy, Olive Loughnane, Natalya Coyle, Chloe Magee, Lisa Kearney, Aileen Morrison and Sycerika McMahon as well as team leader Sonia O Sullivan about the behind the scenes stories of the Olympic Games, the highs and the lows, winners and losers, and the lessons from London 2012 for the future of sport in Ireland. This is the promo of the hour long documentary which airs on Bank Holiday Monday 29th October 2012 at 12pm on Newstalk 106-108fm

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. With London 2012 well under way, we look back at some of the athletes featured in our Winning Women series. Music by Senekah. Long distance runner Fionnuala Britton, Linda Byrne marathon runner, Triathlete Aileen Morrison, Canoeist Hannah Craig and Badminton player Chloe Magee.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. Marathon runner Ava Hutchinson of Dundrum South Dublin Athletics, talks about the trials and tribulations involved in her run up to London 2012.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With London 2012 well under way, we look back at some of the athletes featured in our Winning Women series. Music by Senekah. Judo; Lisa Kearney, 100m Breaststroke; Sycerika McMahon, Modern Pentathlon; Natalya Coyle, Rowing; Sanita Puspure, Race Walking; Olive Loughnane.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. When she achieved the Olympic A standard by running a personal best of 2.36.23 in last years Dublin Marathon 25 year old Dubliner Linda Byrne became Irelands first women's Olympics A standard qualifier since 1988. She has since been joined by three others more than our permitted entry level and while Maria McCambridge has consequently been excluded Linda is joined on the London 2012 starting line by fellow marathon champions Ava Hutchinson and Catriona Jennings.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With the Olympic Games just about to start two Cork based Olympians, Sanita Puspure and Olive Loughnane, are the focus in today' feature in our series Winning Women. Latvian born Sanita Puspure is Irelands first woman rower at the Games since 1980. But while its Sanitas first Olympic Games for champion race walker Olive Loughnane London is her fourth and, she says, final Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. First timer and Latvian born Sanita Puspure is Irelands first woman rower at the Games since 1980 and she is the focus in this episode of Winning Women.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Episode 8. With the Olympic Games just about to start Cork based Olympian race walker Olive Loughnane has been preparing for her fourth and, she says, final Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast. 23 year old Laura Reynolds joins experienced Olympian Olive Loghnane on the start line for the 20km race walk in London. Laura is surrounded by inspiration as her coach is male race walker and fellow Letrim native Colin Griffin. She has just finished her degree in DCU studying PE and Biology and tell us how she juggles studying and training.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Two women athletes making history at London 2012 are Irish pentathlete Natalya Coyle and pole vaulter Tori Pena. Natalya is Irelands first ever competitor in the Olympic Pentathlon a five sport event while Tori Pena a Californian whose grandmother comes from Derry and who has dual Irish American citizenship is Irelands first ever woman pole vaulter at the Olympics. As part of our winning women series we caught up with Natalya and Tori in the run up to their first Olympic Games. Tori who trains in Arizona was back at Morton Stadium in Santry defending her national title.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Pole Vaulter Tori Pena is a Californian whose grandmother comes from Derry and who has dual Irish American citizenship is Irelands first ever woman pole vaulter at the Olympics. As part of our winning women series we caught up Tori in the run up to her first Olympic Games. Tori who trains in Arizona was back at Morton Stadium in Santry defending her national title.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Natalya is the first ever Irish woman to qualify for the Modern Olympic Pentathlon a five sport event invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1912 which simulates the skills of a 19th century calvalry soldier behind enemy lines. Natalya tells of how she has rode horses, shot, fenced, swam, and ran her way to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Extra podcast material. 29 year old Hannah Craig started canoeing when she moved from Antrim to France. It is her first Olympics and she talks to us about her event the Canoe Slalom and her hope to have more women involved in sport in Ireland.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. To start Lisa is looking at the marathon its one of the oldest and toughest events in the games and weve three women competing in it for Ireland. Record breaking marathon runner Catherina Mckiernan and veteran Olympic commentator Jimmy Magee open the episode.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. DCU Elite Athlete Fionnuala Britton is a twenty seven year old long distance runner and seen as an athlete who has made the most dramatic progress since the last Olympic Games. Shes the focus today for our winning women series on the record number of Irish athletes heading to London .

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. 23 year Chloe Magee is Ireland number 1 badminton champion and she's heading to London for her second Olympic Games. Its a family affair with Chloe, who comes from Raphoe in Donegal, as her coach is her brother Daniel and she plays international doubles with her brother Sam Magee, an outstanding player himself. As part of our winning women series on the record number of elite Irish women athletes heading to London 2012 we caught up with Chloe and her brother Daniel and talked about her passion for the game and her international winning streak.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Lisa Kearney is a twenty three year old Belfast athlete who is making history. Shes the first Irish woman to compete in Judo at the Olympic Games and shes just got silver at the world judo championships in Estonia in her final big competition before London 2012. She coached by Irelands two time Olympian Ciaran Ward and is now based in Edinburgh. As part of our winning women Olympics series we caught up with her on a visit to her home club in Belfast to find out why Judo is her passion and how shes come back from serious injury.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Ireland has four swimmers in the London 2012 Olympic team, and three of them are women Melanie Nocher, Grainne Murphy and Co Down schoolgirl Sycerika McMahon, At just seventeen Sycerika is our youngest Olympian, and in todays Winning Women feature, she tells us how shes been mixing Olympic training with school and just what it was like to win silver in the 50 metres breaststroke at the Europeans AND qualify for the 100 metres breast stroke in London.

This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Derry woman Aileen Morrison is one of our most promising medal hopes in the London Olympics in our series winning women on the record number of women athletes flying the flag for Ireland in London 2012 weve been looking at the marathon..well Aileen is representing us in the triathlon which like the marathon is a free to view event taking place in Hyde park. Lisa Essuman met Aileen who won silver at the world series in may. To find out what it takes to win in three sports and whether she can do it again in London.