Weekend Road Racing Round-Up

On Friday, Terry Keogh clocked 17 minutes 34 seconds at the Kells Heritage 5km. Keogh was followed home by Gordon Manning 20:41 and Gerard Fay 23:52. On Sunday Angela Charlton posted 87 minutes 20 seconds at the Monaghan 10 mile with Gerard Fay posting 1:41:50.

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Becker Steers Ireland To Olympic Final

Sophie Becker steered the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team to the Olympic final on glorious morning in Paris. The Irish quartet of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley clocked a time of 3:25.05 to finish third. Jamaica (3:24.92 SB) took victory with Netherlands (3:25.03) sealing one of the automatic qualification spots on offer. Becker clocked her fastest ever relay split 50.90 seconds to get the team off…

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Fay Competes At Olympics

Brian Fay made his Olympic debut in Paris this morning, missing out to progress to the 5,000m final. Fay placed 12th in his semi-final of the Men’s 5,000m in a time of 13:55.35 in a slow tactical second semi-final in the Stade de France. “I ran it as well as I could have but to call a spade a spade I’m just not good enough at the minute to really…

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