PATSY McGonagle has confirmed that next year’s Rio Olympics will be his last as Irish Athletics team manager.
Exclusive: Brendan Boyce walks the walk
BRENDAN Boyce became the first Donegal athlete to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games last weekend – despite an absence of significant funding and what he calls ‘the bare minimum’ of preparation.
Brendan Boyce: Becoming a ‘caveman’ for the summer as training steps up
MILFORD race walker Brendan Boyce will spend five weeks of his summer living in a CAVE in the Spanish mountains as he steps up preparations to compete in the 50km walk at the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich on August 15.
Brendan Boyce set for World Race Walking Cup in China
MILFORD race walker Brendan Boyce believes that a busy winter training camp has aided his preparations for the forthcoming World Race Walking Cup in China.
Boyce sets pb on day of celebration for Irish athletics
Milford race walker Brendan Boyce continued his own development in this unforgiving and lonely sport, improving his placing from the Olympic Games by four and setting a new pb.
No walk in the park – but Boyce looks to impress in Moscow
Chris McNulty hears from Milford man Brendan Boyce ahead of the 50k walk in Moscow…
Donegal athletes on a learning mission in Moscow
Patsy McGonagle, has said that the championships provide a tremendous opportunity for some of the country’s young athletes to experience competition at the highest level…
English leads Donegal contingent in Moscow
MARK English lead a quartet of Donegal athletes at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Moscow this week.
Heffernan to mentor Boyce in Cork
BRENDAN Boyce has recently relocated to Cork to train under the guidance of Irish race-walking legend and current standard-bearer Robert Heffernan.
Boyce targets improvements ahead of Rio
DAYS after competing in his first Olympic Games, Brendan Boyce has already switched his long-term focus towards Rio de Janeiro and is confident of trimming more time off his personal best between now and then, following a debut to remember in London last weekend.