Boston, Paris, Lyon, Auckland, Dublin and Athlone. That is where the athletics action focused last weekend.

Breaking National Records has already started and we are just barely into the 2026 season.

All the latest athletics news courtesy of Perri Williams.

All the Kildare news coming out of the Dublin City Marathon.

It was another busy week of Athletics in Kildare.

It was back to Hodgestown again last weekend for the second stage of the Kildare cross-country championships. Boys and girls, ladies and men all competing for county titles.

The buzz from the World Championships in Tokyo is lingering in the air. A constant talking point in many conversations with the names Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips cropping up on almost every occasion.

The World Championships in Tokyo ended on a great high for Ireland as Kate O’Connor secured silver in the Heptathlon.

An international race of a different kind beckoned for Hannah Cash

A late date for the World Championships this year has meant the normal barrage of road racing events has been punctuated by track and field.

An ideal combination of power, explosiveness, speed and agility on his feet, perfection of a revised throwing technique, and execution have elevated Ryan Crouser to undisputed ‘King’ of the shot-put world.  “His world record of 23.

It was a busy week in athletics, where seven Kildare athletes were part of the international experience.

On Saturday evening at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon, double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet became the first woman in history to break the 14-minute barrier for 5000m. The Kenyan clocked a new world record of 13:58. 06.

The Irish senior athletics team were in sunny Slovenia competing in the European Team Championships, trying to keep cool as temperatures soared above 35 degrees.

Ireland's star female golfer Leona Maguire is competing in Kildare this week

Spectators willed Gleeson through each lap, as if they were doing it themselves

With the amount of athletics action on over the past weekend, every man, woman and child surely must have started this week feeling inspired.

Kildare athletes had phenomenal success at last Saturday’s final day of the National Juvenile Indoors. The star performer was Florence Harte (Crookstown-Millview) who set a new championship record in the girls’ u15 Triple Jump.

Kildare’s Patrick Monahan won the men’s wheelchair race in 50 minutes 59 seconds at the Dublin City Half Marathon last Sunday.

 A fantastic achievement