Thomas Barr breezed through the opening round of the 400m hurdles at the World University Games in G
wangju, Korea today. Running in the first of six heats, Barr came home first in 49.96 – the fastest time of the day. Second was Michal Broz of the Czech Republic in 50.36 – the second fastest time recorded across the heats.Barr now runs in tomorrow’s semi-finals (8.42am Irish time)
In the opening heat of the women’s 800m, Ciara Everard qualified comfortably when she finished second in 2:05.36. All the remaining three heats produced faster times – winner of heat 2 was Egle Balciunaite of Lithuania in 2:05.12, while third was South Africa’s Anuscha Nice in 2:05.47. Heat 2 was won in 2:04.34 by Fabienne Kohlmann of Germany, with the Russian Mariia Nikolaeva second in 2:04.98 and Natalja Piliusina of Lithuania third in 2:05.12. Four athletes ran under 2:05 in the third heat, led by Natalia Evanelidou of Cyprus in 2:04.18. Fastest of all was the fourth and final heat won by Angela Kate Petty of New Zealand in 2:03.85, with Docus Ojok of Uganda second in 2:04.70. It leaves Everard 13th fastest of the 16 qualifiers for tomorrow’s semi-finals (10.10am Irish time).
John Travers came safely through the heats of the men’s 1500m, finishing second of a bunch of five in the third heat. Winner was Egor Nikolaev of Russia in 3:44.28 – the fastest time of the day. Travers in 3:44.28 secs was the second fastest. Next up is the final on Friday (12.15 Irish time)
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