Fionnuala Britton in Mombasa, Robert Heffernan in China, and Colin Griffin in Slovakia impress 
Fionnuala Britton from Sli Chulainn and DCU brought a marvellous cross country season to an end with a brilliant 14th place finish in the World Cross Country Championships. The championships were held on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Monbasa where a huge attendance created an electric atmosphere. Fionnuala got off to a great start and was 24th after a lap with a time of 6:41. After the second lap she was up to 20th in 13:58, and that improvement continued to 18th after the third lap. A brilliant final lap brought her up to 14th in 28:45. What a way to finish her season! Congratulations to Fionnuala and all her advisers for getting everything so right. And Well Done to BBC for covering all four races live on their interactive service. 1 483 Kiplagat Lornah NED 26:23 2 403 Dibaba Tirunesh ETH 26:47 0:24 3 407 Melkamu Meselech ETH 26:48 0:25 4 400 Burika Gelete ETH 26:55 0:32 5 452 Kiplagat Florence Jebet KEN 27:26 1:03 6 448 Chepchumba Pamela KEN 27:34 1:11 7 457 Ngetich Priscah Jepleting KEN 27:39 1:16 8 450 Cheruiyot Vivian KEN 28:10 1:47 9 390 Sultan Simret ERI 28:16 1:53 10 412 Ayalew Wude ETH 28:18 1:55 11 469 El Kamch Zhor MAR 28:20 1:57 12 492 Augusto Jessica POR 28:21 1:58 13 451 Domongole Fridah Chepkemoi KEN 28:27 2:04 14 429 Britton Fionnuala IRL 28:45 2:22 15 417 Dean Hattie GBR 28:48 2:25 16 426 Yelling Hayley GBR 28:53 2:30 17 463 Alaoui Selsouli Mariem MAR 28:53 2:30 18 360 Thompson Anna AUS 28:59 2:36 19 405 Jelela Koren ETH 29:10 2:47 20 395 Morató Rosa ESP 29:13 2:50 Meanwhile, in China, Robert Heffernan from Togher achieved the World and Olympic qualifying standard, finishing the 20k race in 81:50 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Shenzen, China Men, 20km Walk 1 Francisco Fernández (ESP) - 1.18.51 2 Li Gaobo (CHN) - 1.19.03 3 Eder Sánchez (MEX) - 1.20.08 4 Miao Yanxi (CHN) - 1.20.16 5 Luke Adams (AUS) - 1.20.30 6 Jefferson Perez (ECU) - 1.21.14 7 Jared Tallent (AUS) - 1.21.25 8 Wei Yang (CHN) - 1.21.26 9 Ceng Cruaqiang (CHN) - 1.21.36 10 Kim Jyun-Sup (KOR) - 1.21.37 11 Robert Heffernan (IRL)- 1.21.52 12 Ilya Markov (RUS) - 1.21.55 26 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) - 1.24.26 And there was more success for our race walkers in the Slovakian town of Dudince where Colin Griffin from Ballinamore had a big win in the 50k event. His winning time of 3:51:30 is well inside the qualifying standard for both World Championships and Olympics. 1 GRIFFIN Colin 82 1 03:51:32 0:00:00 50M IRL 09:21 09:32 09:17 09:24 09:17 09:17 09:20 09:12 09:16 09:14 09:20 09:15 09:12 09:19 09:10 2 BÁTOVSKÝ Miloš 79 2 03:54:10 0:02:38 50M VŠC Dukla B.Bystrica SVK 09:23 09:31 09:16 09:24 09:18 09:17 09:19 09:13 09:16 09:14 09:21 09:15 09:12 09:19 09:23 3 ŠKARNULIS Donatas 77 3 03:54:23 0:02:51 50M LTU 09:23 09:33 09:31 09:32 09:28 09:27 09:25 09:28 09:29 09:29 09:25 09:26 09:25 09:27 09:24 4 ERICKSON Chris 81 4 04:04:10 0:12:38 50M AUS 09:22 09:32 09:17 09:23 09:17 09:17 09:19 09:13 09:14 09:15 09:20 09:16 09:13 09:19 09:39 5 MAJDÁN Dušan 87 5 04:07:43 0:16:11 50M VŠC Dukla B.Bystrica SVK Junior Women 10k 7 REYNOLDS Laura 89 7 00:52:48 0:02:28 10W IRL 10:14 10:27 10:37 10:43 10:45 Men 20k 4 COSTIN Jamie 1.6.1977 4 01:24:53 0:01:46 IRL 00:17:08 00:08:34 00:34:14 00:25:46 00:42:45 00:51:22 00:59:46 01:08:08 01:16:39 01:24:53
Fionnuala Britton from Sli Chulainn and DCU brought a marvellous cross country season to an end with a brilliant 14th place finish in the World Cross Country Championships. The championships were held on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Monbasa where a huge attendance created an electric atmosphere. Fionnuala got off to a great start and was 24th after a lap with a time of 6:41. After the second lap she was up to 20th in 13:58, and that improvement continued to 18th after the third lap. A brilliant final lap brought her up to 14th in 28:45. What a way to finish her season! Congratulations to Fionnuala and all her advisers for getting everything so right. And Well Done to BBC for covering all four races live on their interactive service. 1 483 Kiplagat Lornah NED 26:23 2 403 Dibaba Tirunesh ETH 26:47 0:24 3 407 Melkamu Meselech ETH 26:48 0:25 4 400 Burika Gelete ETH 26:55 0:32 5 452 Kiplagat Florence Jebet KEN 27:26 1:03 6 448 Chepchumba Pamela KEN 27:34 1:11 7 457 Ngetich Priscah Jepleting KEN 27:39 1:16 8 450 Cheruiyot Vivian KEN 28:10 1:47 9 390 Sultan Simret ERI 28:16 1:53 10 412 Ayalew Wude ETH 28:18 1:55 11 469 El Kamch Zhor MAR 28:20 1:57 12 492 Augusto Jessica POR 28:21 1:58 13 451 Domongole Fridah Chepkemoi KEN 28:27 2:04 14 429 Britton Fionnuala IRL 28:45 2:22 15 417 Dean Hattie GBR 28:48 2:25 16 426 Yelling Hayley GBR 28:53 2:30 17 463 Alaoui Selsouli Mariem MAR 28:53 2:30 18 360 Thompson Anna AUS 28:59 2:36 19 405 Jelela Koren ETH 29:10 2:47 20 395 Morató Rosa ESP 29:13 2:50 Meanwhile, in China, Robert Heffernan from Togher achieved the World and Olympic qualifying standard, finishing the 20k race in 81:50 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Shenzen, China Men, 20km Walk 1 Francisco Fernández (ESP) - 1.18.51 2 Li Gaobo (CHN) - 1.19.03 3 Eder Sánchez (MEX) - 1.20.08 4 Miao Yanxi (CHN) - 1.20.16 5 Luke Adams (AUS) - 1.20.30 6 Jefferson Perez (ECU) - 1.21.14 7 Jared Tallent (AUS) - 1.21.25 8 Wei Yang (CHN) - 1.21.26 9 Ceng Cruaqiang (CHN) - 1.21.36 10 Kim Jyun-Sup (KOR) - 1.21.37 11 Robert Heffernan (IRL)- 1.21.52 12 Ilya Markov (RUS) - 1.21.55 26 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) - 1.24.26 And there was more success for our race walkers in the Slovakian town of Dudince where Colin Griffin from Ballinamore had a big win in the 50k event. His winning time of 3:51:30 is well inside the qualifying standard for both World Championships and Olympics. 1 GRIFFIN Colin 82 1 03:51:32 0:00:00 50M IRL 09:21 09:32 09:17 09:24 09:17 09:17 09:20 09:12 09:16 09:14 09:20 09:15 09:12 09:19 09:10 2 BÁTOVSKÝ Miloš 79 2 03:54:10 0:02:38 50M VŠC Dukla B.Bystrica SVK 09:23 09:31 09:16 09:24 09:18 09:17 09:19 09:13 09:16 09:14 09:21 09:15 09:12 09:19 09:23 3 ŠKARNULIS Donatas 77 3 03:54:23 0:02:51 50M LTU 09:23 09:33 09:31 09:32 09:28 09:27 09:25 09:28 09:29 09:29 09:25 09:26 09:25 09:27 09:24 4 ERICKSON Chris 81 4 04:04:10 0:12:38 50M AUS 09:22 09:32 09:17 09:23 09:17 09:17 09:19 09:13 09:14 09:15 09:20 09:16 09:13 09:19 09:39 5 MAJDÁN Dušan 87 5 04:07:43 0:16:11 50M VŠC Dukla B.Bystrica SVK Junior Women 10k 7 REYNOLDS Laura 89 7 00:52:48 0:02:28 10W IRL 10:14 10:27 10:37 10:43 10:45 Men 20k 4 COSTIN Jamie 1.6.1977 4 01:24:53 0:01:46 IRL 00:17:08 00:08:34 00:34:14 00:25:46 00:42:45 00:51:22 00:59:46 01:08:08 01:16:39 01:24:53 
