Thomas Barr finished his season with a fifth place in the 400m hurdles at the Brussels Diamond League tonight. Barr’s time was 49.80scs. Winner of the race was Jeffery Gibson in 48.72. Kerry O’Flaherty made the pace in the women’s steeplechase. Winner was Habiba Ghribi of Tunisia in 9:05.36.
World Championships – Irish times (seven hours behind Beijing) Day 1 – Sat 22 Aug Men 800m – Ht 3 : 5 Mark English (UCD) 1:46.69 (q). SF3: 5 1:45.55. 400m hurdles – Ht 4: 3 Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 49.56 (Q).SF1: 4 48.71 Day 2 – Sun 23 Aug Men 20km Walk – Alex Wright […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD took the Athlete of the Meet award for her scintillating victory in the women’s 800m at the second day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships in Santry. Mageean, who had won the 1500m last year after a long break from the sport, was out on her own from […]
A strong team effort saw the Irish team finish sixth at the European Team Championships League 1 in Heraklion, Greece over the weekend – their best ever result. The team had made a great start to the day when Ben Reynolds finished second in the 100m hurdles behind Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece. Mark English also […]
A personal best time of 4:12.79 for Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty in the women’s 1500m proved the highlight of the Le Cheile IMC International held in Leixlip. O’Flaherty produced a storming finish for second place behind New Zealand visitor Angela Petty who won the race in 4:08.54. A closely fought men’s 1500m was won by English […]
Fionnuala Britton finished fifth at the Cross d l’Acier, held in Dunkerque, France today with her time of 24 mins 4 sec for the 6.65km course putting her 31 seconds behind the winner Senebere Teferi of Ethiopia. Current European cross-country champion Sophie Duarte of France was first European in 24.01, just making it home ahead […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished second in an invitational mile run in association with the Boston Marathon. His time in a tactical race was 4 mins 12 secs. Winner of the race was Nick Willis of New Zealand in 4:11.3. Leo Manzano of the USA was third bin 4:13.3. In Florida, Lisburn’s Amy Foster […]
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