TEAM IRELAND SET FOR WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will see more than 1900 athletes from 192 teams compete at Eugene’s Hayward Field between 15-24 July.

The action starts with men's hammer qualifying on Friday 15 July, while the women’s 4x400m final brings competition to a close on Sunday 24 July.

Ireland will have a strong representation on day 1, with the mixed 4x400m team looking to replicate the magic of Tokyo which saw the Irish mixed 4x400m team become the first ever Irish relay team to make an Olympic final.

Olympian David Kenny will go in the 20k Walk at 11.10pm (Irish time) on Friday and looks sure to be in the mix if continuing the form that saw him claim a PB of 1.19.44 back in April. Kenny holds the second fastest time ever posted by an Irish athlete, second only to Robert Heffernan’s 1:19:22.

Kenny’s Tokyo teammate and recent U23 record breaker, Sarah Healy, will go in the heats of a red-hot looking women’s 1500m in the earlier hours of Saturday morning, while Eric Favors and John Kelly will also take to qualifying in the men’s shot put.

Further daily updates and previews will follow over the coming days.

Irish in action (Irish time):

Day 1:

• 7.45pm Mixed 4x400m Heats
• 11.10pm David Kenny 20k Walk
• 02.10am Sarah Healy 1500m Heats
• 02.55am Eric Favors & John Kelly Shot Put Qualifying

Day 2:

• 9.20pm Thomas Barr 400mH Heats
• 2.30am Andrew Coscoran 1500m Heats

Day 3:

• 7.05pm Christopher O'Donnell 400m Heats
• 8.00pm Sophie Becker & Rhasidat Adeleke 400m Heats

Day 6:

• 1.02am Mark English 800m Heats

Day 7:

• 1.10am Louise Shanahan 800m Heats

Day 8:

• 1.40am Women 4x100m Heats

Day 9:

• 7.20pm Sarah Lavin 100mH Heats

Day 10

•  2.15pm Brendan Boyce 35k Walk

Where to watch

The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will be streamed live in some territories on the World Athletics YouTube and Facebook channels. Action from each session will be shown and competition times are available on the event schedule.

The livestream will not be available in all territories.

Visit Oregon22 website for more.