Profile...Joanne Cuddihy in the womens 400m

Coming up on Friday the 3rd of August at 12 noon, Joanne Cuddihy will be taking part in the first round of the womens 400m.

Back in 2008 in the Beijing Olympics, Joanne went out in the first round after finishing 6th of 7 in her race in a time of 53.32. The two slowest qualifying times from that round were 52.77 and 51.97.

If the standard is much the same in London on Friday and if Joanne can get close to her 2012 season's best time of 51.43 then she has a great chance of getting through to the semi-finals on Saturday.

Fingers crossed!

Irish 4 x 400m Relay team have qualified for London...

Unofficially official ;o)......but just in.......The Irish womens 4x400 relay team of  Clare Bergin (Dundrum South Dublin AC), Joanne Cuddihy (Kilkenny City Harriers AC), Marian Heffernan (Togher AC) and Michelle Carey (Dublin Striders AC) have officially qualified for London 2012.

(Updated 3rd July)...The qualification period for the men’s and women’s 4×100m and 4×400m Relays at the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012 ended on Monday 2 July. The IAAF has officially named the Irish Women’s 4×400m team as one of the 16 teams, with the team placing 13th overall behind Italy.

Official...The nominations by Athletics Ireland to the OCI for the team members is as follows: Joanne Cuddihy (KCH AC), Michelle Carey (Dublin Striders AC), Claire Bergin (DSD AC), Marian Heffernan (Togher AC), Jessie Barr (Ferrybank AC), Catriona Cuddihy (KCH AC)

Joanne Cuddihy runs 51.45 in Japan and qualifies for London

Last night in Japan, Joanne Cuddihy ran 51.45 in a 400 metre race which has qualified her for the 2012 Olympics in London. Her time in the 400m race at the Shizuoka International Track and Field Meet was 51.45, just ten one hundredths of a second inside the Olympic 'A' qualifying time of 51.55.

Joanne won the Australian National Championships back in April with a time of 51.69.

The Kilkenny City Harriers runner will next compete in the Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki this week where she is hoping to further improve on this time, according to Athletics Ireland.

Updated 6th May 2012...Joanne Cuddihy (Kilkenny AC) finished second in the 400m in Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki, Japan in 51.78, with the American Mary Wineberg third in 52.36. The World Champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana won the race in 50.52.

Irish athlete Joanne Cuddihy wins 400m race in Australian National Championships...

From last weekend (14th/15th Apr)...Irish athlete Joanne Cuddihy of Kilkenny City Harriers AC won the womens 400m race in the Australian National Championships in a time of 51.69, just 0.14 outside the required Olympic 'A' standard of 51.55. Catriona Cuddihy (Kilkenny City Harriers), younger sister of Joanne was also competing and finished in eight position recording a new personal best time of 55.03. Joanne is in lane 4 of the video clip below...

Joanne Cuddihy from Ireland wins 400m race in Australia

The Irish 400m record holder Joanne Cuddihy from Kilkenny was in action at the weekend in Melbourne, Australia, She won a 400m race at the Melbourne Track Classic in a time of 52.37.
(Her PB is 50.73 set back in 2007)

AAF WC & Olympic Trials 1. Joanne Cuddihy Ireland 52.37, 2. Tamsyn Manou 52.77, 3. Caitlin Pincott 53.65, 4. Caitlin Sargent 53.75, 5. Pirrenee Steinert 53.98, 6. Lyndsay Pekin 54.33, 7. Sheena Steinert 54.39, 8. Jaimee-Lee Starr,