Sophie Becker made her Olympic individual bow taking sixth place in her 400m heat in Paris this morning. Becker clocked 51.87 seconds for sixth place in heat one. The race was won by Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain in 49.91 seconds. “It’s disappointing. I was hoping for a good bit faster than that” explained Becker. “To make a semi, or run a PB, or both is obviously what I’d have…
Kieran Kelly won the Carlingford 5k on Friday night posting 14 minutes 49 seconds for victory. With James Hyland taking third place in 15:12 and with Dave Rooney posting 15:29, the team won out. Another good victory in a race the club have a lot of tradition in. Elsewhere, Cillian O’Leary clocked 15:48, Ronan Wogan 17:05, Christ Quaid 18:19 and Maria Dolan 19:51. Elsewhere at the Athboy 5k, Ger Fay posted…
Sophie Becker and Eric Favors both entered the 2024 Olympic Games but were left disappointed. The Irish mixed 4x400m relay team failed to advance to the final at the Stade de France. The quartet of Christopher O’Donnell, Sophie Becker, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley fell just short of making tomorrow’s decider. The team finished fourth in semi-final two in 3:12.67. Outside the automatic qualifying places and the fastest losers spots….
Eric Favors is set to be the first Raheny Shamrock athlete into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Friday. Track and field gets underway on Friday morning in the Stade de France with Favors set to close out the Irish involvement for the day. The shot put competition begins at 7:10pm Irish times. Favors will need to throw 21.35 metres to advance automatically to the final, if not he will…