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Use > to navigate through photo gallery Ballinamore AC's Eddie Leddy competed in the 1972 Olympics in the Steeplechase and 1976 Olympics in the 5,000m & 10,000m Leitrim athletics quota of representatives at the Olympic Games will have a new addition after it was confirmed that current National Senior indoor and outdoor hurdles champion Gerard O’Donnell has been added to the list of Team Ireland officials for the Tokyo Olympics. The Carrick AC athlete, who works as a Regional Development Officer in the Dublin City Council area with Athletics Ireland, jets off to Japan at the weekend where he will undergo a mandatory quarantine period before working with the media team for Team Ireland Media team in Tokyo. O’Donnell becomes the third person from the Leitrim athletics community to work on the managerial side of the games after Padraig Griffin and Joe Doonan. Griffin served as team manager for the Irish athletics teams at the 1972 Munich and 1980 Moscow Games while Doonan, who coached the legendary Catherina McKiernan to her greatest successes, was team manager at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Along with O’Donnell, Griffin and Doonan, five athletes have worn the green singlet at the Olympic Games with Eddie Leddy, Colin Griffin, Laura Reynolds, Breege Connolly and Jimmy Duffy all competing on sport’s highest stage. Eddie Leddy & Colin Griffin, both Ballinamore AC, are the only two time participating athletes with Eddie, who hails from Drumreilly, competing in Munich and Montreal (1976) while Colin competed in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Colin Griffin also had another claim to Olympic fame as he coached Mohill & District AC’s Laura Reynolds when the Eslin woman finished 20th in the 20km walk at the 2012 Games in London. Breege Connolly from Kinlough also competed in the Olympics when she competed in the women’s marathon in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro. Leitrim’s final representative may be unfamiliar to most as Jimmy Duffy is often identified as hailing from Sligo but Duffy, actually born James
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Use > to navigate through photo gallery Mohill AC's Laura Reynolds competed in the 20Km walk at the 2012 Games in London Picture: Sportsfile Leitrim athletics quota of representatives at the Olympic Games will have a new addition after it was confirmed that current National Senior indoor and outdoor hurdles champion Gerard O’Donnell has been added to the list of Team Ireland officials for the Tokyo Olympics. The Carrick AC athlete, who works as a Regional Development Officer in the Dublin City Council area with Athletics Ireland, jets off to Japan at the weekend where he will undergo a mandatory quarantine period before working with the media team for Team Ireland Media team in Tokyo. O’Donnell becomes the third person from the Leitrim athletics community to work on the managerial side of the games after Padraig Griffin and Joe Doonan. Griffin served as team manager for the Irish athletics teams at the 1972 Munich and 1980 Moscow Games while Doonan, who coached the legendary Catherina McKiernan to her greatest successes, was team manager at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Along with O’Donnell, Griffin and Doonan, five athletes have worn the green singlet at the Olympic Games with Eddie Leddy, Colin Griffin, Laura Reynolds, Breege Connolly and Jimmy Duffy all competing on sport’s highest stage. Eddie Leddy & Colin Griffin, both Ballinamore AC, are the only two time participating athletes with Eddie, who hails from Drumreilly, competing in Munich and Montreal (1976) while Colin competed in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Colin Griffin also had another claim to Olympic fame as he coached Mohill & District AC’s Laura Reynolds when the Eslin woman finished 20th in the 20km walk at the 2012 Games in London. Breege Connolly from Kinlough also competed in the Olympics when she competed in the women’s marathon in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro. Leitrim’s final representative may be unfamiliar to most as Jimmy Duffy is often identified as hailing from Sligo but Duffy, actually born James McNiff, was a native of
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Use > to navigate through photo gallery Jimmy Duffy, a native of Lisacoghil, Bohey near Drumkeerin competed for Canada in the 1912 Games in Stockholm Leitrim athletics quota of representatives at the Olympic Games will have a new addition after it was confirmed that current National Senior indoor and outdoor hurdles champion Gerard O’Donnell has been added to the list of Team Ireland officials for the Tokyo Olympics. The Carrick AC athlete, who works as a Regional Development Officer in the Dublin City Council area with Athletics Ireland, jets off to Japan at the weekend where he will undergo a mandatory quarantine period before working with the media team for Team Ireland Media team in Tokyo. O’Donnell becomes the third person from the Leitrim athletics community to work on the managerial side of the games after Padraig Griffin and Joe Doonan. Griffin served as team manager for the Irish athletics teams at the 1972 Munich and 1980 Moscow Games while Doonan, who coached the legendary Catherina McKiernan to her greatest successes, was team manager at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Along with O’Donnell, Griffin and Doonan, five athletes have worn the green singlet at the Olympic Games with Eddie Leddy, Colin Griffin, Laura Reynolds, Breege Connolly and Jimmy Duffy all competing on sport’s highest stage. Eddie Leddy & Colin Griffin, both Ballinamore AC, are the only two time participating athletes with Eddie, who hails from Drumreilly, competing in Munich and Montreal (1976) while Colin competed in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Colin Griffin also had another claim to Olympic fame as he coached Mohill & District AC’s Laura Reynolds when the Eslin woman finished 20th in the 20km walk at the 2012 Games in London. Breege Connolly from Kinlough also competed in the Olympics when she competed in the women’s marathon in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro. Leitrim’s final representative may be unfamiliar to most as Jimmy Duffy is often identified as hailing from Sligo but Duffy, actually born James McNiff, was a
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Use > to navigate through photo gallery Ballinamore AC's Colin Griffin competed in the 50km walk at the 2008 and 2012 Games Picture: Sportsfile Leitrim athletics quota of representatives at the Olympic Games will have a new addition after it was confirmed that current National Senior indoor and outdoor hurdles champion Gerard O’Donnell has been added to the list of Team Ireland officials for the Tokyo Olympics. The Carrick AC athlete, who works as a Regional Development Officer in the Dublin City Council area with Athletics Ireland, jets off to Japan at the weekend where he will undergo a mandatory quarantine period before working with the media team for Team Ireland Media team in Tokyo. O’Donnell becomes the third person from the Leitrim athletics community to work on the managerial side of the games after Padraig Griffin and Joe Doonan. Griffin served as team manager for the Irish athletics teams at the 1972 Munich and 1980 Moscow Games while Doonan, who coached the legendary Catherina McKiernan to her greatest successes, was team manager at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Along with O’Donnell, Griffin and Doonan, five athletes have worn the green singlet at the Olympic Games with Eddie Leddy, Colin Griffin, Laura Reynolds, Breege Connolly and Jimmy Duffy all competing on sport’s highest stage. Eddie Leddy & Colin Griffin, both Ballinamore AC, are the only two time participating athletes with Eddie, who hails from Drumreilly, competing in Munich and Montreal (1976) while Colin competed in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Colin Griffin also had another claim to Olympic fame as he coached Mohill & District AC’s Laura Reynolds when the Eslin woman finished 20th in the 20km walk at the 2012 Games in London. Breege Connolly from Kinlough also competed in the Olympics when she competed in the women’s marathon in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro. Leitrim’s final representative may be unfamiliar to most as Jimmy Duffy is often identified as hailing from Sligo but Duffy, actually born James McNiff, was a native