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Sports Feature
2025

1ST PLACE WINNER
Sports Feature 2025

JOY

by David Fitzgerald

Groom Emilie Seigle and ‘Absurde’ share an emotional moment of joy after the horse won the BetMGM County Handicap Hurdle on day four of
the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in Cheltenham, England.

2ND PLACE
TEARS OF JOY

By James Crombie

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington celebrates winning the gold medal after the Women’s Boxing 60kg Final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to become the first Irish woman to win medals at two Olympic Games.

3RD PLACE
CLARE REJOICE

By James Crombie

Clare players celebrate at the final whistle after winning the All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final.

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LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER

By Sam Barnes

Sophie O’Sullivan of Ballymore Cobh AC, Cork, is presented with her women’s 1500m gold medal by her mother, Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan, during the 123.ie National Outdoor Senior Championships.

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VICTORY TASTES SWEET

By Tom Maher

Brazil’s Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo celebrates winning gold at the Men’s 100m Backstroke S2 Final during the 2024 Paris Paralympic
Games in La Défense Arena, Paris, France.

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MAGICAL MAGEEAN

By Sam Barnes

Ciara Mageean of Ireland celebrates winning a gold medal in the Women’s 1500m Final during day three of the 2024 European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

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HANGING ONTO DAD

By Billy Stickland

South Africa’s rugby captain Siya Kolisi’s daughter, Keziah, clings on to him after the match against England.

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STARS IN HER EYES

By Niall Carson

A fan watches Kellie Harrington’s boxing final at Diamond Park Basketball Court near her childhood home in Portland Row in Dublin, during
the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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JUMP START

By Morgan Treacy

An Irish common frog keeps still as the runners and riders in the Kilberry Apprentice Handicap leave the stalls just behind him.

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DIVINE PROTECTION

By Morgan Treacy

Jockey Nathan Crosse sports a Divine Mercy Medal pinned to the back of his helmet, as he prepares to ride in a flat race at Navan Racecourse.

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GATORADE SHOWER

By James Crombie

Galway’s Kieran Molloy throws water on manager Pádraic Joyce as they celebrate winning the Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship Final.

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MEDAL HOPE

By Morgan Treacy

Ireland’s Phil Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley look on at the big screen in the hope of a medal placing at the Women’s 4x400m Relay Final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They were unlucky, however, finishing fourth in the world.

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PANDEMONIUM

By Ryan Byrne

Terenure College fans celebrate a try against Kilkenny College during the Leinster Schools Senior Cup First Round

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ON TOP OF THE WORLD

By Brendan Moran

Men’s pommel horse gold medallist Rhys McCleneghan of Team Ireland celebrates with a handstand during the Walk of Champions in the Champions Park at the Trocadero during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.

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NO.1

By Morgan Treacy

Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke prepares for the Women’s 400m Semi-Final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.