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Irish Athletes set for World Half Marathon Championships

15 October 2020

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Kevin Seaward, Hugh Armstrong and Ann Marie McGlynn are set to compete at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland on Saturday 17th October.  The event was originally scheduled for March of this year but was postponed following the outbreak of Coronavirus. This is the only European or World Championship event scheduled to take place in 2020, and the first in which Irish athletes will don the new Joma International Kit.

World Athletics have produced extensive Covid-19 Safety protocols to allow the event to proceed, while the HP Unit of Athletics Ireland has drafted its own Covid-19 policy for Team Ireland travelling to International Competitions, based on Sport Ireland and World Athletics protocols. Athletes will be subject to further testing, monitoring and restricted movement protocols on return to Ireland

Based on the final entry figures, 157 men and 126 women from 62 teams will take to the start line in the in the northern Polish city. The course in Gdynia will be a new experience for athletes and has changed from a one-lap 21.1km loop to four loops of approximately 5.5km. 

The women are set to hit the streets at 10am Irish time, while the men will get underway at 11.30am.

Timetable (Irish Time):

10:00 W Half Marathon Final (Irish Time)

11:30 M Half Marathon Final (Irish Time)

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