{"id":1896,"date":"2017-07-21T22:15:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2017-07-21T22:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T22:15:22","slug":"smyth-makes-euro-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1896","title":{"rendered":"Smyth Makes Euro Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The race was won outright by Jona Efoloko in 21.26 seconds with Norwegian Matthias Hove second in 21.30 and Spain\u2019s Manuel De Nicolas third in 21.59 seconds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1897\" style=\"width: 300px\" 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drawn in lane seven of semi-final two which is due to start at 3:16pm Irish time on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The first two in each semi-final and the two fastest losers all progress to the final which takes place at 5.40pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Frahenyshamrock.ie%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1896&#038;t=Smyth%20Makes%20Euro%20Semi-Final&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Frahenyshamrock.ie%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1896&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Frahenyshamrock.ie%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F07%2Freceived_10212785740775104-300x222.jpeg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Smyth%20Makes%20Euro%20Semi-Final\" 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