The evening session at today’s World Athletics Championship, our afternoon, has plenty of action to look forward to for Team Ireland.
Sarah Healy races in the final of the Women’s 1,500 metres, placing her already in the top 12 of the world, and who knows… Her race will be shown live on RTÉ2 at 14:05 this afternoon.
Sharlene Mawdsley will race in the third semi-final of the Women’s 400m semi-finals at 13:23, with the Top two and the two fastest losers progressing to the Final.
Cian McPhillips makes his World Championship debut in the heats of the Men’s 800m, before seasoned campaigner Mark English takes to the track in the same event.
They race in heats 4 and 5 at 12:02 and 12:11 Irish time, again live on RTÉ2 from Tokyo
Yesterday
Andrew Coscoran produced the performance of his life to advance to the final of the Men’s 1500m on Day Three of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
The Balbriggan native executed his race plan to near perfection as he positioned himself near the head of affairs throughout, before finding space and kicking strongly down the home straight.
Coscoran clocked a time of 3:35.65 to finish fifth in his semi-final, ensuring he had done enough to progress to his first global major championship final.
“I’ve been trying to make a world final for about five years now, I’ve put a lot of work in and made some mistakes along the way trying to make it, but everything clicked today. I’m absolutely chuffed,” he told Athletics Ireland afterwards.
“I was seventh for a lot of the race, so in touching distance of qualification for the whole thing. I was just looking for a gap then. Down that last 100 metres, I felt like I had a bit more to give. I think I can run well in the final, it’s new territory for me but I’ll go in there and give it socks,” he added.
In the Women’s Hammer Throw, Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) delivered a strong performance in her maiden global final appearance throwing a best of 69.49 metres to finish 11th.
The 21-year-old had gone into the championships ranked 20th on season’s bests but excelled to reach the final.
“I’m obviously a bit disappointed not to throw over 70 metres,” she said. “I was really hoping to sneak out a PB but 11th in the world is still amazing and I’m really proud of that.”
“I’m still really young, to make a final is a bonus. I’m a competitor so I always wanted to make it.”
There was disappointment in the Women’s 100m Hurdles for Sarah Lavin despite finishing 13th overall in the event. The Limerick woman finished fourth in her semi-final, clocking a time of 12.86 seconds.
Lavin, who had been ranked 28th on season’s bests going into the championships, was emotional when speaking afterwards.
“I’m disappointed, not with the placing but more so with my performance,” she said.
“Coming up short, you just get sick of it. There so much faith, belief, love and time that’s invested in me, I’m forever indebted for that. I hope someday to deliver something that we can all be really proud of.”
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