Sport

Trinity athletes impress at track and field championships

Clare McCarthy reports on Trinity’s performance at the IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships 2016.

Friday 12 February heralded the arrival of the IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Trinity’s athletes rose at an ungodly hour to catch the bus from Trinity to Athlone IT. Trinity had an impressive turnout of 25 athletes competing, not

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Trinity Olympians, past and present

Upon the arrival of the Olympic year, Trinity News takes a look at two of Trinity’s own Olympians, past and present.

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In the dusty vaults of Trinity’s history, alumni are noted for their Nobel awards, their wealth of literature and politics, less so, for their sport. Although the paths of academia and sport rarely cross, Trinity has produced some fine athletes

Doping culture in sport means no one is a winner

With calls for Russia to be banned from the 2016 Olympics over allegations of doping, Laura Frey examines a dark aspect of the pursuit of sporting greatness

SPORTFor athletics and athletes it is doping scandals rather than sporting achievements that have made the headlines this season. Although the season started promisingly, with the reintroduction of four year bans for first time offences (rather than the two years

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Sitting down with Cyril

Ahead of his retirement from the Irish University Athletics Association, DUCAC honourary chair Cyril Smith recalls what he draws from sport, College’s victories, and what keeps him on track

SPORTThe day Cyril first arrived at Trinity, he walked straight into the midst of an old athletics tradition. The sun gleamed down on the manicured lawns of College Park. Throngs of students milled around the edge of the cricket pitch …