Wasn’t expecting that !
Rhasidat finishes 3rd in 1:30:30. Didn’t see race and have no clue if that’s a good time or not over a random distance. Winner won in 1:28:81.
I’m hoping this is a nice experiment to work on her last 100m stamina rather than trying to turn her into an 800m runner
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You’d have to imagine it is, seeing that she finished well behind two no names
That’s fairly pedestrian. She must be in middle of some block of stamina sessions
There’s some cracking indoor action today at what’s called the Keeley Klassic in Birmingham. Keeley was supposed to doing a WR attempt herself but has cried off. Really keen to see how Israel goes after a winter training with that US crew.
I think this time 2 weeks back no Irish man had run below 1.46 for 800m indoors. Mark English has done it twice since then and Cian McPhillips did it last night. Auto Q for Euro indoors and B standard for World Indoors and Worlds in Tokyo.
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Not great at all. Last in his heat
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51.91 for Sharlene in the 400m final, Phil Healy second and Rachel McCann in third
Israel well beaten. A newbie walked the 400m men. Might add to our relay team with Barr retired
That 400m winner is only 17. Very impressive to be running that time at such a young age.
IRISH TEAM for European Indoor Athletics
Championships announced
Athletics Ireland have announced a strong final 19 person squad for the upcoming European Athletics Indoor Championships which take place in the Netherlands from March 6th – 9th 2025.
The team will be spearheaded in the individual events by a host of Olympians including Sharlene Mawdsley (400m), Sarah Healy (3000m), Jodie McCann (3000m), Sarah Lavin (60mH), Kate O’Connor (Hep), Andrew Coscoran (1500m), and Cathal Doyle (1500m).
Four-time European championships medallist Mark English also returns to international action and is selected in the 800m following his record-breaking performance earlier this season.
Ireland squad:
Sharlene Mawdsley 400m, women’s 4x400m, mixed 4x400m
Sarah Healy 3,000m
Sarah Lavin 60m hurdles
Kate O’Connor pentathlon
Mark English 800m
Cian McPhillips 800m
Andrew Coscoran 3,000m
James Gormley 3,000m
Phil Healy women’s 4x400m, mixed 4x400m
Rachel McCann women’s 4x400m, mixed 4x400m
Cliodhna Manning women’s 4x400m
Lauren Cadden women’s 4x400m
David Bosch mixed 4x400m
Marcus Lawler mixed 4x400m;
Arlene Crossan women’s 4x400m
Conor Kelly mixed 4x400m
Jodie McCann 3,000m
Bori Akinola 60m
Cathal Doyle 1,500m
Wishing all our athletes every success!!!
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Femke Bol skipping the individual 400m. Klaver is the favourite but Sharlene has a realistic medal shout in it too.
Sarah Healy has a very realistic chance of a medal in the 3000m. And the mixed 4x400m should be in with a shout of making the final at least.
I need to brush up on my Pentathlon research before gauging Kate O’Connors chances!
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She’s ranked 2nd in Europe heading into this but it’s a fairly irregularly run event so some folks competing won’t have competed in 1 this season. That being said, she’s in an upward curve and has a good chance at medaling.
A word also for Andrew Coscoran who is in the form of his life. Has somewhat disappointed in big championships before but at his best he has a shot at a medal here behind Ingebretsen
Any Irish interest this evening
Cc @Mac
Derval smothering with a cold
The RTE athletics punditry and commentary team are really good. Far ahead of anything else RTE can offer in other sports.
No doubt McBennett will undo it soon enough.
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Lavin impressive there
Sharlene the only one there who showed international class