# Golden Moment

This year

2023

# Golden Moment

Rhasidat Adeleke sets new Irish record to win prestigious US college national title

Adeleke’s winning time of 49.20 seconds lowers her Irish record by more than three-tenths of a second.

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Jun 11th 2023, 11:05 AM

# Golden Moment

Rhasidat Adeleke sets new Irish record to win prestigious US college national title

Adeleke’s winning time of 49.20 seconds lowers her Irish record by more than three-tenths of a second.

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Jun 11th 2023, 10:58 AM

# Golden Moment

Fastorslow shocks Galopin Des Champs and Bravemansgame at Punchestown

Martin Brassil’s 20-1 chance saw off the Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George champions.

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Apr 26th 2023, 6:37 PM

All time

# Golden Moment

Kellie Harrington's Olympic success ranked most impactful sports story of 2021

The Core Cultural Index surveyed 1,000 adults in Ireland each month over the last year.

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Dec 7th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Golden Moment

'To have the anthem playing was such an honour' - Rowers coming to terms with European gold

Gary O’Donovan talks to The42 about being crowned lightweight men’s double sculls champion in Germany yesterday.

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May 9th 2016, 5:30 PM

# Golden Moment

'The icing on the cake': Olive Loughnane on her imminent upgrade to world champion

CAS ruling leaves Loughnane in line for overdue 2009 gold.

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Mar 24th 2016, 5:18 PM

# Golden Moment

Carlingford Lough defends Gold Cup crown in Leopardstown thriller

Willie Mullins’ Valseur Lido fell at the last but the Co Carlow handler still managed to claim a Grade One hat-trick at the venue today.

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Feb 6th 2016, 5:00 PM

# Golden Moment

Holy SBW! Sonny Bill just offloaded his World Cup medal to this lucky kid

Serious gesture from the All Black centre.

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Oct 31st 2015, 7:11 PM

# Golden Moment

We're going to get our dream Steph Curry v LeBron James NBA final

The only problem is that we’ve to wait a whole week…

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May 28th 2015, 8:00 PM

# Golden Moment

Galway camogie captain: 'Seeing my 90 year-old granny waiting at 1am to welcome us unbelievable'

Lorraine Ryan celebrated glory last September and is hoping Galway can achieve that again.

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Jun 20th 2014, 7:45 AM

# Golden Moment

Jason Quigley's pro debut will be on a blockbuster card in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Canelo-Lara bill is expected to draw a sell-out crowd of 17,000.

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May 7th 2014, 9:28 AM

# vindicated

Australia stand firm with scrum the philosopher's cornerstone

The Wallabies’ set-piece proved us all wrong.

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Nov 18th 2013, 9:00 AM

# moscow 2013

Russian sprinters appear to protest 'anti gay' law with podium kiss

Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova claimed gold as part of Russia’s 4x400m relay team.

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Aug 19th 2013, 5:13 AM

# best images

Run for your wife! 12 of our favourite pics from the sporting week

Here’s how some of this week’s big sports news looked through a camera lens.

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Aug 18th 2013, 9:40 AM

# London 2012

Olympic Village: Day 13, wrap

Lucky for some…

7.3k

Aug 9th 2012, 10:01 PM

# Golden Moment

Taylor claims more gold, gains revenge over Russian rival

Katie Taylor has added another European crown to her collection after winning her lightweight final in Rotterdam on Saturday evening.

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Oct 22nd 2011, 7:36 PM

# Golden Moment

Daegu days: New King James takes 400m gold

Here’s everything you need to know about day four at the IAAF World Championships.

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Aug 30th 2011, 5:25 PM

# Golden Moment

The best of The Open: The Golden Bear bows out

We continue our look back at seminal moments from the Open Championship, as Jack Nicklaus birdies his final hole at St. Andrews in 2005.

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Jul 11th 2011, 4:52 PM