Mark English just about made it through to the 800m final at the European U23 Track and Field Championships in Tallin Estonia after finishing third in his semi-final in 1:49.94. English, who had held back in his heat and almost failed to progress, looked to be in control early in the race, sitting on the […]
And the excitement continues. AdamMcMullen is through to the finals of the long jump at the World Student Games in Gwangju, Korea. A jump of 7.70m in the second of two qualifying groups saw the Ulsterman safely through to tomorrow’s final (9.50am Irish time). He is ranked fifth of twelve evenly matched finalists, so a […]
Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle, Leevale’s Michelle Finn and Sarah Treacy of Dunboyne all went under the 9 mins 45 sec steeplechase qualifying standard for the Rio Olympics at the Letterkenny Sub-4 Minute International. O’Flaherty produced a burst of speed with the line in sight to pass Finn for second in 9:42.61. Finn was third in […]
Ireland’s latest world champion is Thomas Barr who won the 400m hurdles at the World Student Games in Gwangju, Korea. With a time almost a second faster than anyone in the field, Barr was always favourite to win the title but it proved tougher than expected. Until the final hurdle, Algeria’s Abdelma Lahoulou was pushing […]
Mark English and Karl Griffin both came safely through the men’s 800m heats at the European U23 Track and Field Championships in Tallin, Estonia. Running in the third of four heats, Griffin finished a comfortable second in 1:49.54. Next up was English in the fourth and final heat. In a tactical race, won by Germany’s […]
Thomas Barr eased his way smoothly into the final of the 400m hurdles at the World Student Games with a victory in this morning’s semi-finals. Barr was the class of the field winning the first of three semi-finals in 49.75 secs. Second in 50.36 secs was Chieh Chen of Taipei. In the third of three […]
Thomas Barr breezed through the opening round of the 400m hurdles at the World University Games in Gwangju, Korea today. Running in the first of six heats, Barr came home first in 49.96 – the fastest time of the day. Second was Michal Broz of the Czech Republic in 50.36 – the second fastest time […]
Mark English finished third in a competitive 800m at last night’s Cork City Sports. At 600m, English looked in control of the race but he then ran out of steam. Still, assuming he is not injured or ill, it was useful blow-out for the UCD man before heading for the European Under 23s, starting tomorrow. […]
Irish decathlon champion Kourosh Foroughi recorded a personal best score of 6702 to finish seventh at the European Cup Combined Events Second League in Inowroclaw Poland. After the opening day of competition, Foroughi was lying fourth after winning his specialist high jump with 2.16 and equalling his 6.87 personal best in the long jump. On […]
Irish decathlon champion Kourosh Foroughi is lying fourth after the first day of competition at the European Cup Combined Eevnts 2nd League in Inowroclaw, Poland. Foroughi accumulated 3692 points, just three points off third place. He ran 11.61 secs in the 100m, equaled his PB with 6.87m in the long jump and got 11.47m in […]
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