Cycling Ireland welcomes today’s announcement from the Olympic Federation of Ireland and Flogas on their renewed Olympic partnership.

Flogas has reaffirmed its commitment to Irish sport by renewing its partnership with the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) through to the LA 2028 Olympic Games. As the Official Energy Partner of Team Ireland, Flogas will continue to energise Irish athletes at every stage of their journey to Olympic success.

At the heart of this renewed partnership lies the Flogas Performance Programme, a new initiative supporting athlete preparation, development and wellbeing. As part of this, over 40 Team Ireland athletes are set to benefit from a €135,000 funding boost in 2025, thanks to two dedicated funding streams, the Athlete Support Initiative and the Flogas Performance Programme.

This significant investment partly generated through the successful Flogas Dual Fuel Olympic tariff and directed into the Make a Difference Fund is designed to equip athletes and coaches with the tools needed to achieve marginal gains across three key performance areas, coach support, sports science, and enhanced training and competition opportunities. A total of €79,000 has already been allocated across seven Olympic sports, enabling projects ranging from ski testing and wind analysis to altitude training and tailored nutrition.

Cycling Ireland’s Women’s Team Pursuit programme has received funding of €10,000 to be put toward developing the pool of Team Pursuit riders ahead of the next Olympic Games.

High Performance Director Iain Dyer welcomed the announcement: “We’ve seen such positive momentum generated by the performance of the women’s track endurance team at the Paris Olympic Games, which has provided the perfect opportunity to deliver a specific training camp to help develop new riders that can aim towards LA and Brisbane Games. We are grateful for the support provided by the OFI to help us get this training camp off the ground and build towards those Games.”

To read more about the fund from the OFI announcement - click here

Successful Recipients of the Flogas Performance Programme 2025:
AWARDEE PROJECT AMOUNT AWARDED
- Women’s Team Pursuit – Cycling Ireland Developing pool of Team Pursuit riders €10,000
- Rowing Ireland Chef to ensure 3 warm meals a week for athletes €6,000
- Ger O’Donnell (coach of Cillin Greene, Sophie Becker and Jack Rafferty) Support to attend overseas camps €5,000
- Basketball Ireland Science Support for 3×3 girls team in preparation for EYOF €5,000
- Snowsport Ireland Support for development skiers to attend World Cups €5,000
- Evan Bailey (swimming) Living costs associated with training €5,000
- Finn Lynch (sailing) Access to data analytical equipment for starts €5,000
- Lauren Cadden (athletics) Enhanced training and coaching costs €5,000
- Mark English (athletics) Altitude Training Camp in Arizona €5,000
- Nathan Wiffen (swimming) Altitude Training Camp ahead of World Championships €5,000
- Robert Dickson (sailing) Specialist training in analysis of wind conditions and race strategy €5,000
- Sophie O’Sullivan (athletics) Altitude training camp €5,000
- Thomas Maloney Westgaard (skiing) Specialist equipment testing €5,000
- Ellen Walshe (swimming) Weekly strength testing and access to local physio €4,000
- Rowing Ireland (Aoife Casey, Nathon Timoney, Philip Doyle, Ross Corrigan) Sports science equipment for monitoring training €4,000