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Gillick and Cragg Take Ireland to 4th
on Medal Table at European Indoors
7 March 2005
Double Gold thanks to David Gillick
and Alistair Cragg led Ireland to an unprecedented 4th place in the
medals table at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid over the
weekend.
Cragg's success was widely expected
as he entered the 3000m event as very warm favourite and he did not
disappoint in the least with a dominating run to Gold. Gillick was
only the 2nd fastest on paper of the 400m entries but produced a run
of incredible strength and composure to take Ireland's first
sprinting Gold medal at a major Championships since the 1932 Olympic
Games, beating the hometown favourite in the process.
Other highlights from the weekend
included Derval O'Rourke's National Record in the heats of the
women's 60m hurdles with an 8.02 clocking to lower her lifetime best
by .04 of a second, and Paul Hession's 20.80 personal best in the
heats of the 200m before an unfortunate lane draw effectively ended
his chances of progression to the final.
|
Rank |
NOC |
Men's |
Women's |
Total |
| G |
S |
B |
Tot |
G |
S |
B |
Tot |
G |
S |
B |
Tot |
| 1 |
RUS |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
| 2 |
SWE |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| 3 |
FRA |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 4 |
IRL |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
ESP |
1 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
| 6 |
GBR |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
| 7 |
POL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| 8 |
UKR |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| 9 |
ROM |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| 10 |
BLR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 11 |
GER |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
| 12 |
BUL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 13 |
BEL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 13 |
CZE |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 13 |
DEN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 13 |
POR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 17 |
GRE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 18 |
AUT |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 19 |
NED |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 20 |
ITA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 20 |
TUR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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