Orla Comerford took 200m T13 bronze at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin. Comerford posted 26.76 seconds for bronze with Leilia Adzhametova of Ukraine winning in a new championship record of 24.78 seconds Carolina Duarte of Portugal landed silver in 25.38 seconds with Comerford producing a commanding performance to claim bronze. You can watch the race below;
Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club are saddened to learn of the passing of Iseult Kelly, mother of Feidhlim Kelly Mrs.Kelly passed away on Thursday August 16th. Mrs.Kelly’s funeral takes place on Monday afternoon 20th August, at Mount Jerome Crematorium Chapel arriving for 3pm Funeral Service. Cremation thereafter in Mount Jerome. Full details available here
Tara Kennedy-Monks took bronze in the national half-marathon which was ran as part of the Rock’n’Roll marathon this morning. Kennedy Monk’s clocked 86 minutes 12 seconds for bronze, with Letterkenny’s Caitriona Jennings winning out in 82.25. The provisional results have been published by athletics Ireland and a number of club athletes are currently in medal positions Mary Walsh is in the gold medal position for the over-40’s category as is…
Mick Clohisey took 18th place in the European Championship marathon posting 2:18:00 having been the leading Irish athlete for much of the race. Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s) came through well for a 15th place finish in 2:16:58, leading the Irish team home. The Irish men’s marathon team finished an excellent sixth with a combined time of 6:53:55. Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham) was 25th to complete the team’s scoring.