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Sports Feature
2018

1ST PLACE WINNER
Sports Feature 2018

SHADOW PLAY

by Morgan Treacy

A general view of the shadows cast by athletes on a wet track, during the Men's 5,000m heats at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London

2ND PLACE
AFTER THE BATTLE

By Dan Sheridan

Alun Wyn Jones, Iain Henderson, Ross Moriarty and Sam Warburton in the dressing room after the Lions vs New Zealand Provincial Barbarians game

3RD PLACE
RISING STARS

By Eoin Noonan

Athlete Patience Jumbo Gula, judo player Bearach Gleeson, gymnast Meg Ryan, swimmer Amelia Kane, tennis player Juliana Carton and cyclist Shay Donley, ahead of the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival

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GOLD FINGERS

By Bryan O’Brien

Paul Fox, from Clondalkin, a worker at MMI for over 33 years, holds three gold GAA All-Ireland Championship winner's medals created by him at the workshop in Bluebell, Dublin.

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OVER THE LINE

By Ryan Byrne

Karl Nolan crosses the line with his daughter Abigail, at the 2017 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon

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THE CHAMPION

By Seb Daly

Jockey Ruby Walsh looks at the Fairyhouse Easter Festival in Ratoath, Co Meath

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FOXY LADIES

By Lorraine O’Sullivan

"Grainne" the fox gets a better view of cyclists in the 2017 R‡s na mB‡n, as she sits on the shoulder of Pat Gibbons

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HARD DAY AT THE OFFICE

By Tommy Dickson

Clontarf's Michael Noone after a tough game of rugby

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A QUICK SINGLE

By Tom Honan

Action between Wexford Cricket Club and Railway Union Cricket Club at Oak Hill

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EURO CELEBRATIONS

By Jonathan Porter

Spain's Laura Maria Perez (centre) celebrates after they score against France in the 2017 UEFA Women's under-19 Championship Final at the National Football Stadium, Windsor Park, Belfast

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THE IRON LADY

By David Fitzgerald

Laura Addie prepares to take part in the Ironman 70.3 competition at Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin

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MAKING FACES

By Billy Stickland

The New Zealand Black Ferns pull Haka faces, after they won the Women's Rugby Cup in Belfast.