O’DONNELL SET TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN INDIVIDUAL 400M IN BUDAPEST
Christopher O’Donnell (North Sligo A.C.) is set to take his place in the Men’s 400m at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
The 25-year-old had previously been confirmed as a member of the 4x400m Mixed Relay squad heading to Hungary and had been provisionally selected in the individual 400m pending confirmation of his qualification, but received an invite to compete in the individual event this morning.
O’Donnell won his fifth national 400m title in six years at last weekend’s 123.ie National Senior Track and Field Championships in Santry and has a season’s best of 45.73 set late last month in Madrid.
The Sligo man featured on the Mixed Relay teams that made the finals of both the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and last year’s World Championships in Eugene.
Yesterday evening both Kate O’Connor (Dundalk St. Gerald’s A.C.) and Nick Griggs (Candour Track Club) were also added to the team, meaning there are now 24 athletes confirmed in the Irish squad, the largest ever selected for these championships.
The action gets underway in Budapest on August 19th, concluding on August 27th.
Updated Selections as of 06.08.2023:
|
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 |
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 |
|
Cliodhna Manning* |
W4x400m |
KCH AC |
Peter Lyons |
|
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 |
Feidhlim Kelly |
|
David Kenny |
20km Walk |
Farranfore Maine Valley |
Rob Heffernan |
|
Brendan Boyce |
35km Walk |
Finn Valley AC |
Rob Heffernan |
|
Eric Favors |
Shot Put |
Raheny Shamrocks |
Dane Miller |
|
Jack Raftery |
Mx 4x400m |
Donore Harriers |
Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
|
Callum Baird |
Mx 4x400m |
Ballymena & Antrim |
Ian Neely |
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* Selection subject to medical clearance. |
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