Ronnie Delany RIP

[BettyDoesMallow]

RIP Ronnie.
Ireland didn't win another gold until 1992.
At 5 of the intervening Olympics, Ireland won no medal at all
Some of those Olympics had large numbers of nations boycotting.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

RIP Ronnie.
Ireland didn't win another gold until 1992.
At 5 of the intervening Olympics, Ireland won no medal at all
Some of those Olympics had large numbers of nations boycotting.

1980 and 1984 in particular.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Magness spins a good yarn

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032189925945151643

"There is no pain...Into the home stretch and I feel the strength, as if running on air... legs flowing so easily, breathing so consistent and effortless, my mind so relaxed and concentrated."

 

[El Guapo]

Fantastic Piece from Mick Foley

How Ronnie Delany pushed against Ireland to become the greatest https://share.google/jbVfaACpyoJyLcuaU

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Fantastic Piece from Mick Foley

How Ronnie Delany pushed against Ireland to become the greatest https://share.google/jbVfaACpyoJyLcuaU

That's brilliant.

His story was a vald experience for all elite athletes up to around 10 years ago, when some sports took it on themselves and tried to put development programs in place. Then the Sport Ireland takeover totally transformed the scene.

Foley captures the spirit of the time so well. My old man would have been a similar age to Delaney - and he certainly occasionally exhibited the symptoms of a man who came of age in that oppressive time. An extended peasant history, rigorus heirarchical control, emigration and widespread poverty sucked all the ambition out of so many of that generation. We came up in a much better time - under the eventual impact of Lemass, O'Malley, Whitaker and television, despite occasional waves of recession and emigration, we had it so much better.

 

[El Guapo]

Joan Delany, wife of Olympian Ronnie Delany, dies two days after her husband’s funeral

Joan Delany, wife of Olympian Ronnie Delany, dies two days after her husband’s funeral

Joan Delany died surrounded by family in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin on Wednesday

www.irishtimes.com

Amazing how often this happens.

RIP

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Joan Delany, wife of Olympian Ronnie Delany, dies two days after her husband’s funeral

Joan Delany, wife of Olympian Ronnie Delany, dies two days after her husband’s funeral

Joan Delany died surrounded by family in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin on Wednesday

www.irishtimes.com

Amazing how often this happens.

RIP

Rest In Peace.