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World T-F: Irish in action. Summary

By on August 4, 2017 in athletics news

Thomas Barr   was forced to withdraw from Monday’s 400m hurdles semi-final at the World Track and Field Championships in London due to a vomiting bug. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD, the only Irish track athlete left in the competition, went out in the heats of the 800m on Thursday. Of the walkers, a hamstring tear […]

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Thomas Barr: I want a place in the final at Worlds

By on August 5, 2015 in athletics news

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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