Cliodhna Manning (Kilkenny City Harriers A.C.) has been forced to withdraw from the Women’s 4x400m Relay team ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Manning sustained an injury at the recent 123.ie National Senior Track and Field Championships and has not recovered sufficiently to take her place on the start-line.
Niamh Murray (Bray Runners) will replace Manning in the relay squad.
The 17-year-old qualified for the semi-final of the Women’s 400m at the European U20 Championships in Jerusalem, running an impressive new personal best of 54.75 on Monday morning.
Murray was also a member of the relay squad at the European Indoor Championships earlier this year.
24 Irish athletes will take to competition alongside over 2,000 athletes from 200 countries at the brand new 35,000 capacity National Athletics Stadium in the Hungarian capital.
The squad is the largest that Ireland have ever selected for the World Athletics Championships.
Team selections as of 10.08.2023
Athlete Name | Event(s) | Club | Coach |
Rhasidat Adeleke | 400m, W4x400m | Tallaght AC | Edrick Floreal |
Sharlene Mawdsley | 400m, Mx4x400m, W4x400m | Newport AC | Gary Ryan |
Louise Shanahan | 800m | Leevale AC | Phil O’Dell |
Ciara Mageean | 1500m | City of Lisburn AC | Helen Clitheroe |
Sophie O’Sullivan | 1500m | Ballymore Cobh AC | Mauricia Powell |
Sarah Healy | 1500m | UCD AC | Trevor Painter |
Sarah Lavin | 100mH | Emerald AC | Noelle Morrissey |
Kate O’Connor | Heptathlon | Dundalk St. Gerald’s AC | Michael O’Connor |
Sophie Becker | Mx 4x400m, W4x400m | Raheny Shamrocks AC | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
Roisin Harrison | Mx 4x400m, W4x400m | Emerald AC | Eoghan McNamara |
Niamh Murray | W4x400m | Bray Runners | Aine Murray & Joe Ryan |
Kelly McGrory | W4x400m | Tir Chonaill AC | Drew & Hayley Harrison |
Chris O’Donnell | 400m, Mx4x400m | North Sligo AC | Benke Blomqvist |
John Fitzsimons | 800m | Kildare AC | Joe Ryan |
Mark English | 800m | UCD AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
Andrew Coscoran | 1500m | Star of the Sea AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
Luke McCann
| 1500m | UCD AC | Thomas Dreißigacker & Clark McCann |
Nick Griggs | 1500m | Candour Track Club | Mark Kirk |
Brian Fay | 5000m | Raheny Shamrocks AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
David Kenny | 20km Walk | Farranfore Maine Valley AC | Rob Heffernan |
Brendan Boyce | 35km Walk | Finn Valley AC | Rob Heffernan |
Eric Favors | Shot Put | Raheny Shamrocks AC | Dane Miller |
Jack Raftery | Mx 4x400m | Donore Harriers AC | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
Callum Baird | Mx 4x400m | Ballymena & Antrim AC | Ian Neely |
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