Mark Smyth made an impressive European under 20 championship debut finishing fourth in heat one of the 200 metres and progressing to the semi-final automatically. Smyth ran a strong opening 100 metres before trying slightly in the final 80 metres to finish fourth in 21.63 seconds and safely progress to the semi-final. The race was won outright by Jona Efoloko in 21.26 seconds with Norwegian Matthias Hove second in 21.30…
Eoin Strutt secured a notable victory in the prestigious Cork City Sports on Wednesday evening. Strutt landed the 3,000 metre Open Men Leisureworld title in eight minutes 39.10 seconds just ahead of home towners Youghal’s Fergal Curtin (8:40.64) and Chris Mintern of Leevale. An impressive victory which will be on to be remembered for young Strutt. Daniel Scully placed ninth in the same race posting nine minutes 3.36 seconds. All…
Joseph O’Donoghue produced a dominant on a humid evening to win the seventh round of the Lord Mayor Series in a fast nine minutes 55 seconds. Junior Dave Brophy powered around the two mile circuit to grab second place in 10 minutes 26 seconds with Graham Dwyer securing a personal best of 10 minutes 34 seconds. Anne Marie Woods secured victory in an extremely competitive ladies race with a sprint…
Orla Comerford produced a very successful sixth place in the T13 100 metre final at the World-Para Athletics Championships in London. Comerford making her World Para-Athletics debut got off to a powerful start eventually finishing sixth in 12.58 second just outside her personal best. The race was won by Ukraine’s Leilia Adzhametova in 12.00 seconds with South African Ilse Hayes taking silver in 12.17 seconds and American Kym Crosby taking bronze…