World indoor record holder Joe Gough added yet another medal to his vast collection when he won the M60 800m at the European Masters’ Championships in Izmir, Turkey. After going through 400m in 76 seconds, Gough’s time of 2:20.89 put him comfortably clear of Walter Rentsch from Germany.
Also winning gold was Galway’s Martin McEvilly in the M56 steeplechase and John MacDermott in the M70 400m and 300m hurdles. Silver medals went to Kevin Byrne of DSD in the M40 pole vault, with Byrne also setting a new Irish record in the decathlon, and to Dorothy McLennan in the W75 pentathlon. Taking bronze were Paul Cowhie of Civil Service in the M50 5000m and Tony Martin of Carrick Aces in the M55 400m.
Full Irish Result:
M35 Timothy Shields 800m 1:58.22; Ian Graham 100m 11.35, LJ 7.01; Kevin Lynch 400m 53.40, 800m 2:01.73
M40 Kevin Byrne 2nd pole vault 3.20; 5th decathlon (IR) 4447; Tony Reilly 5000m 15:47.0 1500m 4:22.2
M45 Robbie Maher 800m 2:12.00, 1500m 4:36.22
M50 Paul Cowhie 3rd 5000m 16:11.0
M55 Shane Sheridan 100m 12.43, 200m 25.55; Tony Martin 3rd 400m 58.34; 200m, 25.55
M60 Joe Gough 1st 800 2:14.06
M65 Martin McEvilly 1st 2000m SC 7:40.4
M65 Thomas Farragher 3rd throws pentathlon 3249; Wt throw (9kg) 16.40 (3rd), JT (600g) 26.30 (4th), DT (1kg) 36.00 (5th), SP (5kg) 10.18 (7th), HT (5kg) 40.20 (2nd)
M70 John MacDermott decathlon 6231; 1st 400m 64.66, 1st 300m hurdles 50.45
W35 Karen Crean 800m 2:30.3.; 4000m 66.1
W45 Geraldine Finnegan silver heptathlon 5087; 400m 67.01, 80m H 12.67, 2000m SC 8:00.03, 800m 2:28.02. Shirley Dowling 800m 2:19.87
W50 Anne Gormley 7th 5000m track walk 32.15, 7th 10km road walk 68 mins 9 secs.
W55 Lucy Moore HJ 1.30, Wt throw 10.62, 6th TJ 8.38,SP(3kg) 9.16,HT 30.38
W75 Dorothy McLennan 2nd heptathlon 3235, 80m H 27.06, LJ 3.24,
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