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An Irishman Abroad

Sonia's Olympic Review - Irishman Running Abroad

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Sonia O’Sullivan sits down with Jarlath Regan to discuss the highest highs and the lowest lows of the Paris Olympics. She was trackside to watch her daughter Sophie take part in her first games and working for RTE covering the rest of the events. Ireland broke new ground and the team captured the nation’s heart but what were her standout moments without the green tinted glasses? Jarlath heads to Galway to take part in the 38th Streets Of Galway 8km road race and we get athletics journalist Cathal Dennehy on the line to take an even closer look at this stellar 18 days of sport.

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0:00.0

You know, I like to be fit and healthy, so the best way I know is to just get out there and run.

0:08.6

Running was an outlet for me to, I guess, feel good about myself and take out some of the

0:13.4

angers that were going on in my life.

0:15.0

Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland. 18 days that Ireland will never forget.

0:23.6

By now, I'm sure you already know it.

0:25.6

Seven medals, four gold, three bronze, the biggest medal hall in Irish Olympic history.

0:32.6

Medals in four different sports for their first time ever.

0:41.0

Sanyo Sullivan was there to see a lot of it.

0:43.8

But Sanya, you're focused in on your own thing, I guess.

0:49.4

But what is your prevailing feeling walking away from this Olympics?

0:53.2

We got the same buzz that I feel around the country right now.

0:54.9

Yeah, it was great.

0:59.3

I mean, I suppose when you're involved in one sport, you're really focused on that,

1:04.2

but you're aware of, you know, all the success from all the other sports and, you know, the momentum that was building throughout, you know, the team and then also everybody's supporting in Ireland and in France.

1:13.6

You know, it was just amazing really to get a medal from Mona MacSherry so early in the program

1:20.6

that the weight was not too long for to break through and have a bronze medal to get things started

1:28.2

in the swimming pool.

1:29.9

And, you know, to win medals and swimming is, it's not very easy.

1:34.2

It's quite difficult.

1:35.9

You know, there's definitely tiered sports in the Olympics and some would be a lot more competitive

1:41.1

than others.

1:41.8

And swimming is definitely right up there, you know, probably close behind athletics, I'd say. Yeah, we talked about breakdancing being a new

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