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EUROPEAN ATHLETICS U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 0

12 July 2023

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LANE LEADS OUT TEAM IRELAND ON OPENING DAY

Oisin Lane (Mullingar Harriers AC) secured 14th place for Ireland in the 20km Race Walk at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Finland this afternoon (12th July).

Lane, who came into this week on the back of his impressive Championship Record at the National U23 Championships two weeks previous, battled on bravely in tough conditions to cross in a time of 1:29:11.

The Mullingar athlete settled nicely into a rhythm from the gun, utilising a recent ‘course recce’ to pick up valuable seconds on some of the technical corners over the opening 8k. 

Speaking after the race he said: “I went for it, I was hoping for top 6 and was feeling fine until 8k. After 8k it was about surviving and getting to the line.

The course was tough, but I’m not going to make excuses, we’ll go again”.

Men’s 20k Walk Result:

1. ESP Paul McGrath 1:21:03 PB                       

2. ITA Andrea Cosi 1:23:02

3. FIN Jerry Jokinen1:24:41 NU23R

A further ten Irish athletes are set to make their championships debuts tomorrow, starting with Adeyemi Talabi (Longford AC) in the heats of the 100m from 8.31am (Irish time).

All the action from Espoo is streamed live on All Athletics TV in partnership with RTE.

Irish in action: Day 1 - Times listed in Espoo local time ( - 2 Hours for Irish Time)

Thursday 13th

Name

Event

13/07/2023  10.31

Adeyemi Talabi

100m Heat 2

13/07/2023  10.50

Nicola Tuthill

Hammer Group B

13/07/2023  10.55

Israel Olatunde

100m Heat 1

13/07/2023  11.01

Oliver Swinney

100m Heat 2

13/07/2023  11.07

Robert Mc Donnell

100m Heat 3

13/07/2023  13.30

Jack Raftery

400m Heat 1

13/07/2023  13.48

Callum Baird

400m Heat 4

13/07/2023 17.05

 

100m SF W

13/07/2023  17.20

Reece Ademola

Long Jump Group A

13/07/2023 17.30

 

100m SF M

13/07/2023 18.30

 

400m SF M

13/07/2023  19.30

Ava O'Connor

3000m S/C Heat 1

13/07/2023  20.35

Jane Buckley

5000m Final

ENDS

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