RTE's Ireland's Olympians warms us up for Beijing

News from RTE.

"Ireland's Olympians", the RTE TV Series, starts Monday, June 30, at 7.30pm on RTE2, and runs for five weeks. The first programme concentrates on Athletics, and features athletes Derval O'Rourke, David Gillick, Paul Hession, Roisin McGettigan, Alastair Cragg and Fionnuala Britton. Subsequent programmes feature boxing, cycling, hammer throwing, walking, rowing, sailing, canoeing, triathlon, badminton, shooting, fencing and equestrian sports. Doctors, physios, physiologists, trainers and managers working with the Irish Olympic team also feature during the series.

Here's some sneak previews, on YouTube... If the link doesn't work on your computer, just cut and paste this into your browser.

YouTube previews (http://www.youtube.com/IrelandsOlympians).

Much more details on RTE.ie, plus news on the book that accompanies the series.

Pass these details on to anyone you think might be interested, and to your member clubs. This is a unique opportunity to show that there is a big audience for Athletics in Ireland.