mountain biking Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/mountain-biking Sports News, Live GAA scores, GAA fixtures Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:48:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.sportsnewsireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sni-icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 mountain biking Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/mountain-biking 32 32 229439223 Oisín O’Callaghan is Mountainbike Downhill Junior World Champion https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/cycling/oisin-ocallaghan-is-mountainbike-downhill-junior-world-champion https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/cycling/oisin-ocallaghan-is-mountainbike-downhill-junior-world-champion#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:07:44 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=9661 Oisín O’Callaghan is Ireland’s newest World Champion. The 17-year old from Limerick claimed the UCI MTB Downhill Junior World Championships Title in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday morning. O’Callaghan blasted down the 2.3-kilometre course, dubbed the “Speedster” as speeds approaching 65 km/h on the rough terrain to finish in a time of 4:02.142. O’Callaghan finished ahead […]

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Oisín O’Callaghan is Ireland’s newest World Champion.

The 17-year old from Limerick claimed the UCI MTB Downhill Junior World Championships Title in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday morning.

O’Callaghan blasted down the 2.3-kilometre course, dubbed the “Speedster” as speeds approaching 65 km/h on the rough terrain to finish in a time of 4:02.142.

O’Callaghan finished ahead of the British pair Daniel Slack and James Elliott to win Ireland’s first ever Downhill world title at the Mountain Bike Championships.

Limerick’s Oisín O’Callaghan receives his gold medal and World Champion’s rainbow jersey. Credit: UCI.

Speaking after claiming the rainbow jersey, O’Callaghan said:

“I don’t think it’s sunk in fully yet, later on I think it will. It’s a bit overwhelming right now. I think every racer aims to win. But top five would have been really good.”

“Everyone has been sending me messages and hoping that I do well. I know lots of people were watching the live timing.”

Teammate Christopher Cumming posted the second fastest time in qualification on Friday, but had to settle for 21st in Sunday’s final.

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List of sports to play during Covid 19 that include social distancing https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-sports-to-play-during-during-covid-19-that-include-social-distancing https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-sports-to-play-during-during-covid-19-that-include-social-distancing#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:05:01 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=3627 Hopefully, very soon we will be allowed play some sports . So we have a list of some of the sports that you should be able to participate during the current pandemic of Covid 19  as long as people keep social distancing. Tennis – Tennis is obviously a sport that can be played given that […]

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Hopefully, very soon we will be allowed play some sports . So we have a list of some of the sports that you should be able to participate during the current pandemic of Covid 19  as long as people keep social distancing.

Tennis – Tennis is obviously a sport that can be played given that people are on the opposite sides of each other. You don’t need a tennis court to play either. It could be simply just across the street from your neighbour. You could play from one foothpath to the other. Obviously you would have to bear in mind cars and that but it could certainly be played in housing estates. Two girls in Italy played Tennis on their rooftops.

Golf – Golf can obviously be played while adhering to social distancing. The main people to keep the social distance would be the caddies and other players. However, it certainly would work. In terms of professional golf it would more difficult to control obviously owing to spectators. But for leisure it is a definite one that could be played.

Croquet – Croquet is a game that could be played in your back garden. For those of you that don’t know what croquet is it is a game that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops.It is a game that can easily be played in your back garden.

Bowls – Bowls is another game that could be played in your back garden in an adapted way. The objective is to roll biased balls close to a smaller ball called the jack.

Swimming – Swimming can obviously take place. Your local beach would be handy obviously for this. However, most beaches have been closed. However, if they are monitored closely with strict social distancing in place then it would obviously work.

Windsurfing – Windsurfing is another sport that could be done during Covid 19. It is normally only a one person thing so social distancing would be easily adhered to. Windsurfing combines surfing and sailing. Its looks like the perfect sport for after covid, with social distancing not being an issue, have a look at Globo Surf for more info on the best places to surf.

Mountain Biking – Mountain biking is again a single person sport. Of course you can go with your family providing they have their own bikes. Keeping the 2m apart would be fairly easy to do also.

Rowing – Rowing is another water based sport that could be done. Again all you need is your local river and a boat and some oars. It can be done in pairs providing the 2m distance in the boat is adhered to.

Similar water based sports like kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding could also be played as long as social distancing measure are in place.

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