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Mika Jukkara is the new Ski Jumping equipment controller Mika Jukkara The International Ski Federation FIS has appointed the successor of Ski Jumping equipment controller Sepp Gratzer. FIS Race Director Sandro Pertile announced today, that Finn Mika Jukkara will take over the important position of equipment controller for mens Ski Jumping. With 57-year-old Finn Mika Jukkara, an experienced and, within the Ski Jumping community, a well-known and esteem...

The proud Harriers stalwart who has reached the summit of Irish athletics Reporter: );  ); LOOKING back on his subsequent progress up the Irish, and indeed world, athletics ladder, it is hard to believe that John Cronin was not elected in his first attempt to get involved at committee level in the Tullamore Harriers. The Tullamore resident will be elected unopposed as president of Athletics Ireland at Congress on Saturday and he hopes serve the permitted two terms of two years each. A fine 80...

AIBA President emphasises commitment to fairness and transparency in meeting with referees and judges 04/24/21 AIBA President Umar Kremlev held a meeting with referees and judges who have served at the Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce, Poland. President Kremlev emphasised AIBA’s commitment to ensuring judging in boxing should be fair and transparent. ‘No one or nothing should influence your work. The best boxers should win. Thank you for your good work at the AIBA Youth World Bo...

Tullamore Harriers stalwart to take over at helm of Irish athletics Reporter: );  ); LONG time Tullamore resident John Cronin will take over the most powerful position in Irish athletics when he is elected as president of Athletics Ireland next Saturday. Cronin will be elected unopposed, replacing Georgina Drumm who had been elected as president an annual Congress in the Tullamore Court Hotel in 2016. The Louth woman beat Ray Flynn on the same day that John Cronin was elected as chair of comp...

World Taekwondo Council member Inseon Kim appointed Technical Commission Chair 01/18/21 World Taekwondo Council member Inseon Kim has been appointed Chair of the federation’s Technical Commission until the end of the 2021 World Taekwondo  Championships in Wuxi. Kim previously served as Vice-Chair of the Commission and his appointment comes after the former  Chair, Jinbang Yang, stepped down following his election as President of the Korea Taekwondo  Association. Kim has significant ...