Kevin Mulcaire from Ennis finished just out of the medals in the men’s 5000m at the at the European Junior Track and Field Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Mulcaire finished a gutsy fourth in 14 mins 39.14 secs – less than four seconds off third place in a tactical race that only came alive in the […]
Trim’s Harry Purcell won his 800m heat at the European Juniors in Sweden, but will have to beware of the man who finished half a pace behind him in tomorrow’s semi-finals. The Russian Konstantin Tolokonnikov has a personal best of 1:46.42 and took silver at last year’s World Youth Championships. Just behind them were Jonas […]
Long jumper Sam Healy from Leevale produced the best Irish result of the day at the European Junior Track and Field Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Healy jumped a personal best 7.38m to finished second in his group and fourth best overall. He goes in the final tomorrow. Ciara Neville of Emerald in Limerick progressed from […]
There was huge disappointment in the men’s 800m at the European U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where Mark English’s European U23 jinx continued. Two years ago, he didn’t even make the final. This time, he trailed in a dejected eighth and last. He had started well, moving smartly outside the German Krguer who took the […]
Ireland’s men and women’s 4 x 100m squads are through to the finals at the European U23 Championships in Tallin – and both set new Irish records on the their way. First up were the women who ran 44.68 secs to finish second behind Germany in the opening heat. Germany were majestic winners in 43.62 […]
A chilly blustery wind scuppered the chances of fast times at the GV Ryan IMC Meet in Santry; sprinters were running into a -2.8 headwind. In the 400m Brian Murphy of host club Crusaders ran a time of 47.74 secs, while Kilkenny’s Eoin Everard won a competitive 800m in 1:49.19. Hurdler Ger O’Donnell won the […]
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 […]
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