Christine McMahon (Ballymena & Antrim AC) was the sole Irish representative on the day two morning session of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. McMahon came into these championships with a personal best of 56.97 seconds knowing she would need to be close to that to secure qualification.
McMahon made a positive start to the race on the second time of asking after the Danish athlete Sara Peterson was disqualified. In a dramatic race McMahon stayed focused and finished third in a time of 57.16 which was just outside her personal best.
Commenting afterwards McMahon said “I’m delighted with that performance, the conditions weren’t ideal; a false start in the race and the girl beside me fell into the lane. I ran just 2/10’s off my personal best, I’m happy with that, solid enough and I’ll focus on the semi-final. I just go back eat and rest and get my mind set for tomorrow evening.”
Evening Session
Day two continues this evening with five Irish athletes in action in their respective semi-finals. Thomas Barr (Ferrybank AC)- 400m Hurdles, Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC) – 100m, Richard Morrissey (Crusaders AC) and Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers AC) – 400m and Mark English (UCD AC) – 800m.