31-8-15 EURO HOCKEY FINAL

 

IRELAND DO IMPOSSIBLE  

 

Hosts England were denied bronze as Ireland recovered from going behind to win 4-2 and claim their first ever medal at the EuroHockey Championships.

Shane O'Donoghue sealed victory with a penalty stroke in the final five seconds after England led twice through Harry Martin and Adam Dixon.

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Ireland beat England for Euro bronze

O'Donoghue and Alan Sothern levelled before Eugene Magee put underdogs Ireland in front.

Netherlands beat Germany 6-1 in the gold medal match.

31-8-15 world athletics championships

Here are the final results that happened over the weekend in the World athletics championships.

SATURDAY

50 km walk women

1  Matej Tóth  SVK3:40:32  

2 Jared Tallent   AUS 3:42:17  SB 

3  Takayuki Tanii  JPN  MARK3:42:55 

Shot put women

1Christina Schwanitz  GER  20.37

2 Lijiao Gong CHN    20.30 

3 Michelle Carter  COUNTRY USA  19.76 

10,000 metres men

1   Mohamed Farah   COUNTRY GBR 27:01.13  

2  Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  KEN  27:01.76  

3  Paul Kipngetich Tanui   COUNTRY KEN 27:02.83 

SUNDAY

MARATHON WOMEN

 

1   Mare Dibaba   ETH2:27:35  

2    Helah Kiprop   KEN  2:27:36  

3  Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa    BRN  2:27:39

MARATHON MEN

 

1   Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  ERI 2:12:28  

2 Yemane Tsegay   ETH2:13:08  SB 

3 Munyo Solomon Mutai   UGA 

HIGH JUMP MEN

1  Derek Drouin  AN  2.34 

2 Guowei Zhang  CHN    2.33  

3  ATHLETEBohdan Bondarenko   UKR  MARK  2.33  

JAVELIN WOMEN

1   Kathrina Molitor GER  67.69 WL 

2 Huihui Lyu  CHN   66.13   AR

3Sunette Viljoen RSA  65.79     

5000 METRES WOMEN

1 Almaz Ayana   ETH  14:26.83  CR 

2    Senbere Teferi    ETH 14:44.07  

3  Genzebe Dibaba    ETH  MARK14:44.14 

1500 METRES MEN

1    Asbel Kiprop  KEN  3:34.40  

2  Elijah Motonei Manangoi  KEN  3:34.63  

3 Abdalaati Iguider   MAR 

 

4X 400 METRES WOMEN  RELAY

1   Jamaica 3:19.13  WL

2 United States   USA  :19.44    

3 Great Britain & N.I.   3:23.62  SB

4X400 METRES MEN RELAY

1    United States  2:57.82  WL    

2  Trinidad and Tobago   2:58.20  NR    

3  Great Britain & N.I. GBR  MARK2:58.51  SB 

28-08-15 world athletics championships

Again today there have been personal bests commonwealth records and national records go today as the competitors are showing that they are on form at the moment.

20 KM WALK WOMEN

It was up early in the morning for the 20 metre walk and home advantage was a very important part of this race

1    Hong Liu   CHN 1:27:45  

2  Xiuzhi Lu   CHNK 1:27:45  

3  Lyudmyla Olyanovska  UKR 1:28:13 

LONG JUMP WOMEN

The long standing British record for the long jump was broken today but it still was not enough for her to win the gold medal as she was in the lead when she made the jump.

1  Tianna Bartoletta  USA  7.14 

 2 Shara Proctor  COUNTRGBR  7.07  NR

 3  Ivana Španovic   SRB  7.01  NR

200 METRES WOMEN

 

 

Shippers is becoming a very consistent performer and is going to be one that we will have to watch out for in Rio as she is showing herself to be a world class athlete and unless injury hampers her she will surely get a medal at Rio. With a championship record today it seems like she has the form to beat anyone.

1   Dafne Schippers   NED 21.63  CR

 

2  Elaine Thompson JAM 21.66  PB

3 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 21.97  SB

110 METRES HURDLES MEN

 

1   Sergey Shubenkov  RUS  12.98  NR 

2  Hansle Parchment   JAM 13.03  SB

3  Aries Merritt   USA 13.04  SB 

110 METRES WOMEN

Williams ended the day with a gold medal for the Jamaicans and showed that they still are a force in all forms of sprinting.

 1   Danielle Williams    JAM 12.57  PB 

2 Cindy Roleder  GER  MARK12.59  PB    

3 Alina Talay BLR  MARK12.66  NR 

28-8-15 EURO HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS

IRELAND DISAPOINTED BUT HYAVE BRILLIANT PREFORMANCE

NETHERLANDS 1-0 IRELAND

Jeroen Hertzberger's early goal gave the Netherlands a 1-0 win over an impressive Irish side in the EuroHockey Championships semi-finals in London.

Hertzberger finished from close range on 12 minutes but Ireland almost made an immediate response.

Mitch Darling's shot was pushed onto the post by keeper Jaap Stockmann.

Ireland defended superbly in their first EuroHockey semi-final appearance while the Netherlands progress to face Germany in the decider.

It was always going to be a formidable task for the Irish, sitting 12 places below the number two team in the world rankings.

Ireland now have to wait and see if Australia win the Oceania qualifier if they do Ireland qualify but if they don’t the winning team will so go team Australia this will be finished on the 25^th of October.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/hockey/34076786

ENGLAND WIN QUALIFER DUE TO POT LUCK

ENGLAND 2-2 GERMANY

 

England men lost to Germany in the EuroHockey Championships semi-final following a penalty shootout.

Mark Gleghorne gave England the lead, only for Martin Zwicker to equalise and Lukas Windfeder to put Germany 2-1 up.

Ashley Jackson levelled at 2-2 with a penalty stroke with one minute 50 seconds left, but Sam Ward's miss proved decisive as Germany won the shootout 3-2 at the Olympic Park.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/hockey/34082088

 

 

27-8-15 world athletic championship day 6

There were a few world’s leading times broke today (best time this year WL) in the finals today. there has also been a couple of championship records(CR) broken also. There has also been personal bests and national records broken too 

WOMENS HAMMER

POWER POLE

1 Anita Wlodarczyk  POL  80.85  CR    

2Wenxiu Zhang  CHN  76.33   SB 

3Alexandra Tavernier  FRA  MARK  74.02 

110 METRE HURDLES MEN

RUSSIAN POWEHOUSE DOES NOT CLIP HURDLE

1   Sergey Shubenkov    RUS 13.09     

2  Hansle Parchment  JAM  13.16 

3  Garfield Darien   FRA 13.25

400 METRES WOMEN

FELIX BECOMING 400 METRE LEGEND

A big gold medal was the women’s 400 metres where Alison Felix is showing the she is one of the best in the world on a consistent basis.

1    Allyson Felix    USA 49.26  WL  

2  Shaunae Miller  BAH  49.67  PB 

3  Shericka Jackson   JAM 49.99  PB 

TIPPLE JUMP MEN

AMERICANS GETTING CHAMPIONSAHIP MEDALS

1 Christian Taylor  USA  18.21  WL

 2Pedro P. Pichardo   CUB  17.73 

 3  Nelson Évora  POR   17.52  

 

200 METRES MEN

BOLT KEEPS RIGHT PLAME FIREEING

 

The main story of the day has to be Jamaican Usain Bolt beating Justin Gatlin to the 200 metres considering the fact that he had won the 100 metres earlier in the week a few people in the UK feel that this was a win for good over evil. To me I am not sure which one of them is the freak as bolt has been injured all season and if he can do this is there something wrong with him. 

 

1    Usain Bolt JAM  19.55  WL

2 Justin Gatlin    MARK19.74  

3  Anaso Jobodwana  RSA  19.87  NR

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/results/men/triple-jump/final/series#resultheader

 

26-8-15 european hockey chapionship

     QUALITY CARUTH DRAW PUTS THEM IN SEMI FINALS

Ireland have qualified for the semi-finals of EuroHockey Championships for the first time in their history after a 2-2 draw with Belgium.

The Irish side finished on four points to go through on goal difference and knock out the world number four seed Belgium after a thrilling encounter in London this afternoon.

Peter Caruth and John Jackson twice put Ireland in front but they had to withstand late pressure to hang on and advance.

Belgium began the game in the ascendancy, with Sebastien Dockier skewing the first shot of the game wide, and Alexander Hendrickx being denied by the foot of David Harte in the Irish goal.

In the other match in the pool  Germany beat France 7-2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GD	Points
Germany	3	3	0	0	11	9
Ireland	3	1	1	1	-1	4
Belgium	3	1	1	1	-3	4
France	3	0	0	3	-7	0

 

This means that Ireland advance to the semi-finals and are now the best team in the competition not qualified for the Olympics

http://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2015/0825/723473-ireland-reach-e/

JACKSON SCORES 2 IN ENGLAND WIN SHOWS THERE IS NO ONE THEY CAN NOT BEAT

England booked their place in the semi-finals of the EuroHockey Championships with a 4-0 victory over Spain.

Ashley Jackson found the top corner from a penalty corner early in the second quarter and skipper Barry Middleton followed up to double the lead before half-time.

Chris Griffiths made it three with a scrambled goal before Jackson claimed his second with three minutes left.

Team	Played	Won	Lost	GD	Points
Netherlands	3	3	0	12	9
England	3	2	1	11	6
Spain	3	1	2	3	3
Russia	3	0	3	-26	0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/hockey/33654114

This means England qualify for the semi finals

The semi finals are

Ireland v Netherland

England v Germany

26-8-15 world athletic championship

Here is a review of the world athletics championships as you can see there was no British or Irish winners yesterday but the one person I was intrested in winning was  Jepkemoi as he is becoming a bit of a legend in his field . Here are the medals I hope that you take an interest too. Here are top threes that happened today.

POLE VAULT WOMEN

1  Yarisley Silva  CUB    5.01 better record before in earlier rounds  

2Fabiana Murer  BRA   4.85   AR    5.01 

3 Nikoléta Kyriakopoúlou  GRE   4.90 

JAVLIN MEN

1 Julius Yego KEN  92.72   WL

2  Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed  EGY 88.99 SB   

3 Bero PitkämäkiFIN  MARK  87.64   

200 METRES WOMEN

1    Candyce McGrone  USA 22.45  

2 thlete  Mujinga Kambundji SUI  22.92  

3  Viktoriya Zyabkina   KAZ 22.92     

400 METRES HURDLES WOMEN

1   Zuzana Hejnová  CZE 53.50  World leading time

2  Shamier Little    USA 53.94    

3 Cassandra Tate   USA N54.02  

3000 METRE STEPLECHASE WOMEN

1   Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi  KEN

2  Habiba Ghribi  TUN9:19.24  

3  Gesa Felicitas Krause   GER  9:19.25  PB

400 METRES MEN

1    Wayde van Niekerk   SA 43.48  WL 

2  LaShawn Merritt    USA 43.65  PB

3  Kirani James GRN  43.78  SB