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Galligan misses out on world indoor final

18 March 2016

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Rose-Anne Galligan missed out on a place in the women’s 1500m final at the World Indoor Championships in Portland Oregon with a ninth place finish in her heat in 4:16.84.

Galligan positioned herself well in second for much of the race but ran out of steam in the last 400m. She was eyeing a time of 4:10 which would have seen her advance to the final.  

“I know I can run 4:10 and I went out there to ;6try and do it,” said Galligan afterwards. “I gave myself the best opportunity. My legs just weren’t there on the day. That’s all I can do.

“I’m pleased with how I ran tactically. I’m just not pleased with the end result. I’ll learn from it."    

That brings an end to the Kildare athlete’s indoor season and she will now go to Albuquerque on Monday for a month of altitude training.  

“I'm heading to Albuquerque for a month on Monday,” she said pleased with her indoor season and will now aim for the 800m Olympic standard of 2:01.50. “I’m pretty confident I can get the standard of 2:01.5. I’m training better than when I ran 2 minutes.”

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