Athletics Ireland have announced an initial team selection for the upcoming 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
A number of World and European medallists, as well as Olympians, will headline the team for the championships which takes place at the Japan National Stadium from September 13th to September 21st. Amongst them are Sarah Healy (Women’s 1500m), Kate O’Connor (Women’s Heptathlon), Mark English (Men’s 800m), Nicola Tuthill (Hammer), and Sharlene Mawdsley (Women’s 400m, Mixed 4x400m Relay and Women’s 4x400m Relay).
Sarah Healy (UCD AC) has accumulated significant championship experience at this stage of her career, with Tokyo marking the 24-year-old’s third appearance at the World Athletics Championships. The Dubliner, who is based in Manchester training with M11 Track Club, will compete in the Women’s 1500m having won the European indoor 3000m title in March.
Mark English (Finn Valley AC) also medalled at the European Indoor Championships, winning bronze in the Men’s 800m, and has to date had a sensational season clocking the six fastest ever times of his career in the last three months, lowering his Irish record down to 1:43.37 in Budapest earlier this month.
European and World Indoor medallist and World University Games champion Kate O’Connor (Dundalk St. Gerald’s AC) will look to continue her outstanding season in the Women’s Heptathlon. O’Connor improved her Irish record in the seven-discipline event to 6487 points last month.
2024 European Mixed 4x400m relay champion Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) starred at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May helping both the Mixed and Women’s 4x400m relay teams qualify for these championships. She has been selected for both relays, as well as the Women’s 400m.
European U23 and World University Games silver medallist Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) is also selected. The Cork native will compete in the Women’s Hammer Throw, an event where she has improved her personal best and Irish U23 record to 71.75m this summer.
Marathon runners Hiko Tonosa (Dundrum South Dublin AC), Peter Lynch (Kilkenny City Harriers) and Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) had been previously selected in May.
A further announcement and media release will follow once the team has been finalised.
The following athletes are now confirmed as selected having either achieved an A standard, achieved a B standard and qualifying by rank, or in the case of Marathoners, having been confirmed as selected earlier this year.
Sarah Healy
Event: Women’s 1500m
Club: UCD AC
Coach: Trevor Painter & Jenny Meadows
Mark English
Event: Men’s 800m
Club: Finn Valley AC
Coach: Justin Rinaldi
Sarah Lavin
Event: Women’s 100m Hurdles
Club: Emerald AC
Coach: Noelle Morrissey
Sophie O’Sullivan
Event: Women’s 1500m
Club: Ballymore Cobh AC
Coach: Collis Birmingham
Sharlene Mawdsley
Event: Women’s 400m, Mixed 4x400m Relay & Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: Newport AC
Coach: Tony Lester
Cathal Doyle
Event: Men’s 1500m
Club: Clonliffe Harriers
Coach: Jon Bigg
Cian McPhillips
Event: Men’s 800m
Club: UCD AC
Coach: Joe Ryan
Andrew Coscoran
Event: Men’s 1500m & Men’s 5000m
Club: Star of the Sea AC
Coach: Helen Clitheroe
Kate O’Connor
Event: Women’s Heptathlon
Club: Dundalk St. Gerard’s AC
Coach: Michael O’Connor & Tom Reynolds
Nicola Tuthill
Event: Women’s Hammer Throw
Club: UCD AC
Coach: Killian Barry
Brian Fay
Event: Men’s 5000m
Club: Raheny Shamrock AC
Coach: Nic Bideau
David Kenny
Event: Men’s 20km Race Walk
Club: Farranfore Maine Valley AC
Coach: Jamie Costin
Oisin Lane
Event: Men’s 35km Race Walk
Club: Mullingar Harriers
Coach: Michael Lane
Eric Favors
Event: Men’s Shot Put
Club: Raheny Shamrock AC
Coach: Dane Miller
Fionnuala McCormack
Event: Women’s Marathon
Club: Kilcoole AC
Coach: Alan McCormack
Hiko Tonosa
Event: Men’s Marathon
Club: Dundrum South Dublin AC
Coach: Gemedu Dedefo
Peter Lynch
Event: Men’s Marathon
Club: Kilkenny City Harriers
Coach: Alistair Cragg
Sophie Becker
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay & Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: Raheny Shamrock AC
Coach: Gerard O’Donnell & Aideen Sinnott
Rachel McCann
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay & Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: North Down AC
Coach: Ian Neely
Jack Raftery
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay
Club: Donore Harriers
Coach: Gerard O’Donnell
Conor Kelly
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay
Club: Finn Valley AC
Coach: Paul Miller
Cillín Greene
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay
Club: Galway City Harriers
Coach: Gerard O’Donnell & Aideen Sinnott
Cliodhna Manning
Event: Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: Kilkenny City Harriers
Coach: Peter Lyons
Michelle Duggan
Event: Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: UCD AC
Coach: Adam McMullen
Jenna Breen
Event: Women’s 4x400m Relay
Club: City of Lisburn AC
Coach: Grant Barker
Erin Friel
Event: Women’s 4x400m Relay – Non travelling reserve
Club: Letterkenny AC
Coach: Kathryn McDevitt
Ciaran Carthy
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay – Non travelling reserve
Club: Dundrum South Dublin AC
Coach: Kenneth Kiernan & Ed Carthy
Provisional Selections (pending confirmation from World Athletics) *
The following athletes were provisionally selected, having achieved a B standard, but currently sit outside qualification on the Road to Tokyo athlete ranking system. Athletes outside quota can still qualify pending re-allocation of quota places by World Athletics. Re-allocated places will be confirmed by World Athletics on Saturday August 30th. Similarly, if any athlete on a relay team is re-allocated a quota place in an individual event by World Athletics they will be confirmed as selected.
Efrem Gidey
Event: Men’s 10,000m
Club: Clonliffe Harriers
Coach: Andy Hobdell
Darragh McElhinney
Event: Men’s 5000m
Club: Bantry AC
Coach: Emmett Dunleavy
Nick Griggs
Event: Men’s 1500m, 5000m
Club: Candour TC
Coach: Mark Kirk
Laura Nicholson
Event: Women’s 1500m
Club: Bandon AC
Coach: Andrea McDonough
Sophie Becker
Event: Women’s 400m
Club: Raheny Shamrock AC
Coach: Gerard O’Donnell & Aideen Sinnott
Jack Raftery
Event: Men’s 400m
Club: Donore Harriers
Coach: Gerard O’Donnell & Aideen Sinnott
Alex O’Neill
Event: Women’s 800m
Club: Limerick Track Club
Coach: Matthew Yates
Jenna Bromell
Event: Women’s 800m
Club: Emerald AC
Coach: Pat Hogan
A further announcement will follow once the team has been finalised.
Posted 5.11pm Aug 27th
