Two thrilling 400m races brought Santry to its feet on the second day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships today. First up were the women where the defending champion Sinead Denny of DSD just got to the line ahead of Bandon’s Phil Healy. Her time was 53.64 secs; Healy clocked 53.78 secs […]
An absorbing men’s 10,000m won by Brandon Hargreaves of DSD was just one of the highlights of today’s opening day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships. Rio-bound marathon man Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock had made the early running helped by his Raheny training partner Freddy Sittuk, but was tracked all the […]
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.
Thomas Barr ended his season with a third place in the 400m hurdles in Zurich last night. Barr’s time of 49.79 secs put him less than a second behind local favourite Karien Hussein, who won the race in 49.16 secs. Second was Rasmus Mags of Estonia in 49.35. Mark English runs the 600m and Brian […]
Robert Heffernan of Togher finished a fighting fifth in the men’s 50km race walk in 3:44:17 at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing while the men’s 4x400m relay team set a new national record. Heffernan was in the thick of the action for much of the 50km walk won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 3 […]
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 […]
With less than a fortnight to go until the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, Irish hurdler Thomas Barr has a place in the final of the 400m hurdles firmly in his sights. This year, Barr has smashed his own Irish record and taken the gold at the World University Games in Korea – a massive […]
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