Irish timetable and preview for Berlin
It will be a busy week for the 42 Irish athletes selected to compete at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin next week (August 6-12).
Action starts with an evening session on Monday where Adam McMullen (Crusaders), Phil Healy (Bandon) and Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth) will compete. McMullen competes in the long jump qualifying groups with Healy and Akpe-Moses in the heats of the 100m.
Brendan Boyce (Finn Valley) will be in the first medal race for Ireland in the men’s 50km on Tuesday morning where he will hope for a strong showing. The action comes thick and fast then in the evening session and for the rest of the week.
The Irish athletes will be hoping to negotiate the rounds aiming at recording season’s bests or personal bests with plenty of final chances in the offing.
Statistically it will be a challenge for Irish athletes to podium but that won’t deter highly-ranked athletes such as Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) in the men’s 400m hurdles and Ciara Mageean (UCD) in the women’s 1500m.
Leon Reid (Menapians) will compete alongside (Marcus Lawler (SLOT) in the men’s 200m and should spur each other on to good performances while Phil Healy (Bandon) runs in the 100m and 200m.
There are also team competitions in the marathon so the women’s and men’s teams will be looking to combine to put forward a strong challenge and feature.
There are a lot of young athletes competing who are still U20 or have just graduated into their first senior championship including Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth), world U20 4x100m relay silver medallist, in the women’s 100m and Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo), in the men’s 400m who was 6th in the European U20 final last year in a national U20 record of 46.54.
This championships gives a great opportunity for many athletes to get experience in this Tokyo Olympic cycle.
The Irish competition timetable (including should they advance to finals) is below. For event features, live timetable and results, along with live stream options are available on the European Athletics website HERE. There will also be extensive coverage on RTÉ along with social media updates on Athletics Ireland channels.
You can also see an Irish history at the European Championships HERE
Monday (August 6th) - PM Irish time/ Venue time
Adam McMullen (Crusaders) Long Jump Qualifying 15:35 16:35
Phil Healy (Bandon) 100m Heats 16:45 17:45
Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth) 100m heats 16:45 17:45
Tuesday (August 7th) - AM
Brendan Boyce (Finn Valley) 50k Race Walk Final 07:35 08:35
Chris O'Donnell (North Sligo) 400m Heats 09:35 10:35
Claire Mooney (UCD) 800m Heats 10:05 11:05
Siofra Cléirigh-Buttner (DSD) 800m Heats 10:05 11:05
Tuesday (August 7th) - PM
Phil Healy (Bandon) 100m Semi-final 18:05 19:05
Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth) 100m Semi-final 18:05 19:05
Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 400m hurdles Semi-final 18:45 19:45
Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) 10,000m Final 19:20 20:20
Phil Healy (Bandon) 100m Final 20:30 21:30
Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth) 100m Final 20:30 21:30
Wednesday (August 8th) - AM
Marcus Lawler (SLOT) 200m Heats 09:50 10:50
Wednesday (August 8th) - PM
Chris O'Donnell (North Sligo) 400m Semi-final 18:30 19:30
Adam McMullen (Crusaders) Long Jump Final 18:40 19:40
Claire Mooney (UCD) 800m Semi-final 18:55 19:55
Siofra Cléirigh-Buttner (DSD) 800m Semi-final 18:55 19:55
Marcus Lawler (SLOT) 200m Semi-final 19:15 20:15
Leon Reid (Menapians) 200m Semi-final 19:15 20:15
Emma Mitchell (Queens) 10,000m Final 19:40 20:40
Thursday (August 9th) - AM
Ben Reynolds (North Down) 110m Hurdles Heats 09:55 10:55
Mark English (UCD) 800m Heats 10:30 11:30
Zak Curran (DSD) 800m Heats 10:30 11:30
Thursday (August 9th) - PM
Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 400m hurdles Final 19:15 20:15
Marcus Lawler (SLOT) 200m Final 20:05 21:05
Leon Reid (Menapians) 200m Final 20:05 21:05
Friday (August 10th) - AM
Phil Healy (Bandon) 200m Heats 10:25 11:25
Ciara Mageean (UCD) 1500m Heats 11:00 12:00
Kerry O'Flaherty (Newcastle) 3000m s/chase Heats 11:25 12:25
Michelle Finn (Leevale) 3000m s/chase Heats 11:25 12:25
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Heats 12:50 13:05
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Heats 12:40 13:40
Friday (August 10th) - PM
Ben Reynolds (North Down) 110m hurdles Semi-final 18:10 19:10
Mark English (UCD) 800m Semi-final 18:32 19:32
Zak Curran (DSD) 800m Semi-final 18:32 19:32
Phil Healy (Bandon) 200m Semi-final 18:48 19:48
Chris O'Donnell (North Sligo) 400m Final 20:05 21:05
Claire Mooney (UCD) 800m Final 20:20 21:20
Siofra Cléirigh-Buttner (DSD) 800m Final 20:20 21:20
Ben Reynolds (North Down) 110m hurdles Final 20:35 21:35
Saturday (August 11th) - AM
Cian McManamon (Westport) 20k Race Walk Final 09:55 10:55
Alex Wright (Leevale) 20k Race Walk Final 09:55 10:55
Saturday (August 11th) - PM
Mark English (UCD) 800m Final 19:30 20:30
Zak Curran (DSD) 800m Final 19:30 20:30
Phil Healy (Bandon) 200m Final 19:45 20:45
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final 20:30 21:30
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final 20:50 21:50
Sunday (August 12th) - AM
Breege Connolly (North Belfast Harriers) Marathon 08:05 09:05
Gladys Ganiel (North Belfast Harriers) Marathon 08:05 09:05
Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) Marathon 08:05 09:05
Lizzie Lee (Leevale) Marathon 08:05 09:05
Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s) Marathon 09:00 10:00
Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) Marathon 09:00 10:00
Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders) Marathon 09:00 10:00
Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) Marathon 09:00 10:00
Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) Marathon 09:00 10:00
Sunday (August 12th) - PM
Women's 4 x 100m Relay Heats 18:20 19:20
Ciara Mageean (UCD) 1500m Final 19:00 20:00
Kerry O'Flaherty (Newcastle) 3000m steeplechase Final 19:55 20:55
Michelle Finn (Leevale) 3000m steeplechase Final 19:55 20:55
Women's 4 x 100m Relay Final 20:20 21:20
