Sunday 20 September 2020
The Derry woman fell in to a chasing pack that didn’t want to chase Olympic champ Nicola Sprig.
Meanwhile, Bryan Keane ended up well short of Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee in the men’s race.
The athlete, formerly known as Aileen Morrison, explained how the move will be beneficial to her career.
Morrison subsequently revealed she had failed to fully recover from the effects of a cold prior to the event.
Here’s your weekly round-up of Irish triathlon news, including details of Aileen Morrison’s 14th place finish at the World Triathlon Series in Yokohama.
Bronze Medal winner Cian O’Connor competes in China while triathlete Aileen Morrison is in Yokohama, Japan.
Closer to home, Kevin Thornton led from the front in the Pulse Clogherhead Triathlon.
Annalise Murphy and Paddy Barnes keep the medal dreams alive while Phelps snatches his 22nd.
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The tearful triathlete said “I put in everything I had” after forcing her way to the 43rd place finish.
Aileen Morrison is the first Irish hopeful up before track and field action at Olympic Park takes centre stage.
Aileen Morrison does not like setting targets for this morning’s Olympic triathlon, but that hasn’t prevented others doing it for her.
An estimated half a million supporters will line the streets of London on Saturday to cheer the athletes on.
Ailleen Morrison and Gavin Noble will compete in the World Triathlon Series at Hamburg at the weekend.
The driven Derry woman is today’s first entry to our athlete profiles.
Kilkee was the venue for Hell in the West triathlon this weekend, but the elite Aileen Morrison claimed a top 15 spot in Austria.
Ireland’s two Olympian triathletes are merely the fruits of a marked improvement in Ireland’s approach to the sport.
The Derry native fought back impressively to claim second at the ITU World Series event.
The elite pair will race in Madrid needing only consistency for Olympic qualification. Meanwhile, there were 40 Irish competitors in Lanzarote.
The Derry athlete’s recent improvements in the swimming discipline saw her finish within 20 seconds of a win in Japan.
London-bound Aileen Morrison has no time to complain while there are still targets to be hit.
The Irish Grand National winner came out on top at today’s awards ceremony.
