# London 2012

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# Interview

Irish athlete Ciarán O’Lionáird backs LGBT protests at Winter Olympics

In an interview with Off the Ball, the 25-year-old encouraged the sports world to stand up to Russia’s anti-gay laws.

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Jan 15th 2014, 7:50 AM

# Golden Girl

The best pictures from Katie Taylor's two wins in 24 hours

The Olympic champion beat Finland’s Mira Potkonen in Bray last night.

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Dec 1st 2013, 11:36 AM

# Interview

Many Irish athletes not living up to their potential - Sonia O'Sullivan

The Olympic Silver Medallist is taking part in the Melbourne leg of Run in the Dark this month.

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Nov 1st 2013, 7:26 PM

# anti-doping

World anti-doping bosses to open 'extraordinary' audit of Jamaican testing

WADA to investigate months at the beginning of 2012 where there was “no effective operation” by Jamaican authorities.

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Oct 14th 2013, 2:29 PM

# Katie

Frustration forcing Katie Taylor to reconsider pro option

“For Olympic medallists to be boxing in front of a crowd of maybe 100 people, it’s disappointing.”

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Sep 20th 2013, 8:00 AM

# success

Ireland’s Rob Heffernan claims gold at World Track and Field Championships

The result follows the Irish race walker’s fourth place finish at the London Olympics.

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Aug 14th 2013, 9:40 AM

# One Year On

17 reasons why we'll never forget Katie Taylor's Olympic gold-winning performance

It’s one year since the Irish boxer’s Olympic triumph.

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Aug 9th 2013, 3:16 PM

# Interview

Been there, done that… now Kieran Behan plans to get even better

Irish Olympic gymnast Kieran Behan on how life has changed since London 2012 and how he’s in a much better place as he sets off on the Road to Rio.

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Jul 30th 2013, 8:30 AM

# gimme some mo

Mo Farah challenges Usain Bolt to 600m race of Olympic champions

The long distance runner has thrown down the athletic gauntlet to the Jamaican sprinter.

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Jul 29th 2013, 6:09 PM

# gold standard

VIDEO: Road to Rio 2016 begins in the swimming pool for Irish hero

Darragh McDonald is striving to replicate the Gold Medal he won in London last year.

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Jun 19th 2013, 9:29 PM

# London 2012

Oireachtas agenda: Could Ireland have done better in London 2012?

The transport committee meets Sports Council and Olympic Council officials to discuss a high-performance review.

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Jun 19th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Horse Outside

Germans give Cian O'Connor a Golf GTI but he gifts it to "Frenchy"

The Irishman, who won at bronze medal at London 2012, was ultra generous to his long-time groom.

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Jun 16th 2013, 8:24 PM

# ignored

Ireland's Jason Smyth, the world's fastest Paralympian, left baffled by London snub

Despite being one of the London Games’ most outstanding performers, he’s not on the bill for the anniversary event.

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Apr 24th 2013, 1:05 PM

# Sacrifice

For an Olympic sailor, training in snow and 40 knot winds are par for the course

Ireland’s Annalise Murphy, fourth at last year’s London Olympics, is the latest athlete to be profiled by The Journey.

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Apr 18th 2013, 1:18 PM

# (Not) Plain Sailing

Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy crashes bike into parked car, breaks nose

The London Olympian “did something rather stupid” on Tuesday morning.

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Mar 28th 2013, 11:07 AM

# Athletics

IAAF and WADA quash reports of doping suspicion over Turkish duo

Reports yesterday had claimed Cakir Alptekin and Nevin Yanit were at the centre of a doping scandal.

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Mar 23rd 2013, 12:25 PM

# Setback

Irish Olympian 'devastated' after fencing gear stolen from car in Dublin

Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe told TheScore.ie that he’d probably have to borrow gear ahead of the upcoming World Cup.

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Mar 13th 2013, 5:57 PM

# medal hopes

'I wanted to be that person, standing in the ring' - Aileen Reid on inspirational Katie Taylor

The Northern Irish triathlete has her sights firmly set on medal glory at Rio 2016.

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Mar 2nd 2013, 6:45 AM

# Road to Rio

Anxious wait for Reid and Noble as Triathlon funding cuts considered

Despite qualifying two athletes for London 2012, the Sports Council of Ireland may reduce backing for the sporting hopefuls.

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Feb 28th 2013, 5:28 PM

# Boxing

Irish National Elite Championships: Conlan and Nolan progress to respective finals

Two of Ireland’s Olympians were both victorious at the National Stadium last night.

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Feb 16th 2013, 11:18 AM

# New Year

Rheinisch not looking too far into the future

Three-time Olympian Eoin Rheinisch plans to compete again this year but hasn’t made any decisions on whether he’ll still be around for Rio 2016.

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Feb 16th 2013, 9:30 AM

# Interview

Drive time as Coyle gets set to do it all again

Tara’s Natalya Coyle was one of the surprise successes of the London Olympics, but she won’t rest easy until she’s fulfilled her potential.

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Feb 2nd 2013, 10:15 AM

# London 2012

Snapshot: 3 of our favourite sportsmen together at last

Stand up for the Ulstermen, Kieran… oh.

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Jan 11th 2013, 2:16 PM

# play it again sam

Ireland v Croatia wins the battle of TV sports ratings

There you go Shay, you can clap for that.

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Jan 11th 2013, 1:24 PM

# splash

Tom Daley's mammy isn't happy about the criticism he's getting

British Swimming boss David Sparkes hit out at the teenage diver this week for his part in a new reality TV show.

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Jan 10th 2013, 5:11 PM

# Inspiration

Dolan praises Mark Rohan's input to Westmeath football

The Paralympian has been brought on board with the Leinster county’s backroom team for the new season and has already made his mark.

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Jan 9th 2013, 1:38 PM

# Protégés

Pursuing Gold: China's young athletes in training

These 18 amazing images have just been released by a Chinese photo agency.

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Jan 8th 2013, 3:59 PM

# RIP

South African Olympian Stander killed in road accident

The 25-year-old was UCI Mountain Bike World Cup under-23 men’s cross-country 2009 world champion.

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Jan 4th 2013, 12:52 PM

# Defection

Jumping ship: 2 Irish hockey players declare for Great Britain

David Ames and Ian Sloan appeared for Ireland in the Olympic qualifiers in March 2012.

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Jan 3rd 2013, 4:46 PM

# Court Case

Olympics 100m bottle-thrower 'screamed abuse at Bolt'

The individual in question allegedly threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track shortly before the men’s 100 metres final.

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Jan 3rd 2013, 3:43 PM

# Memories

Here are the 61 most iconic images of the London 2012 Olympics

Starring Katie Taylor, Usain Bolt, Oscar Pistorius and erm, Boris Johnson.

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Dec 31st 2012, 9:28 PM

# Review

Lance, London, Katie and Poznan: here's what our writers thought of 2012

And what we reckon we’ll be saying this time next year…

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Dec 31st 2012, 1:01 PM

# 2012 highlights

I wish I was there: Jessica Ennis' hurdle victory at London 2012

This was more than just a heptathlon event, it was the moment pressure would either crush or create an Olympic icon.

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Dec 30th 2012, 3:00 PM

# Interview

After the gold rush: Evans braves risk to bring home reward

After the disappointment of defeat in London, Scott Evans knew he needed a change. He just didn’t know where it would take him.

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Dec 30th 2012, 2:45 PM

# Social Media

They said what? Here are 38 of our favourite sporting tweets of the year

Take a glance back at the year in 140 characters or less.

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Dec 30th 2012, 2:00 PM

# Looking Back

Here are our 44 favourite images of the London 2012 Paralympics

The past week and a half in London has been memorable for a number of reasons. Here are some of its defining images.

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Dec 30th 2012, 8:30 AM

# Interview

After the gold rush: McKillop won’t be defined by London HD glory

With one eye on his three Paralympic medals and six-year unbeaten record, Michael McKillop is plotting his return to able-bodied competition in the new year.

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Dec 29th 2012, 2:05 PM