Congratulations to all the athletes who competed in the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai China. There were some extraordinary performances and the team will return home with a fabulous medal haul. Each and every member can be justifiably proud of their achievements. Joseph Nagle won a silver medal in the shot putt and he regularly competes with Leevale at all levels of competition, while Stephen Field is a recent recruit to the club and he trains regularly with the Leevale sprints section. Once again well done to each and every member of the team and we look forward to hearing all the first hand reports from team members. Details of performances by Irish athetics team members: 400M Walk NGUBANE, JABULISILE 24 AF.SO South Africa F 2:47.72 1st Gallagher, Marion 21 EE.SO Ireland F 3:00.01 2nd Long Jump Noethiger, Patrick 23 EE.SO Switzerland M 4.0600 m 1st Heffernan, Shane 26 EE.SO Ireland M 3.6200 m 2nd 200m Alzain, Abrahim 27 MA.SO Saudi Arabia M 25.61 1st Adeniregun, Damilare A. 24 AF.SO Nigeria M 26.25 2nd Mawanda, Solomon 26 AF.SO Uganda M 26.72 3rd HENDRY, Christopher 27 AP.SO Australia M :27.35 4th Heffernan, Shane 26 EE.SO Ireland M 27.86 5th 100m Walk Ogbonna, Linda 21 AF.SO Nigeria F 73 :30.82 1st Jamison, Kirsty Emma 17 EE.SO Ireland F 33.15 2nd Standing Long Jump Jamison, Kirsty Emma 17 EE.SO Ireland F 1.8200 m 1st Newton, Stephanie 35 NA.SO Bahamas F 1.6700 m 2nd Shot Putt 4k Anglin, Orden M. 44 NA.SO Cayman Islands M 5.5600 m 1st Murawski, Wojciech 23 EE.SO Poland M 5.1000 m 2nd Keane, Billy 57 EE.SO Ireland M 4.8600 m 3rd 400m Walk AARSSE, Leon 27 AP.SO Australia M 2:37.00 1st Rosenthal, David 28 NA.SO Haiti M 2:40.37 2nd Ketola, Theodore 56 NA.SO Team USA M 2:48.65 3rd Keane, Billy 57 EE.SO Ireland M 3:30.05 4th 400m Walk LI, TONG 15 EA.SO China M 2:12.76 1st Lynagh, Tony 21 EE.SO Ireland M 2:27.98 2nd 800m Walk ZHOU, WEI 24 EA.SO China M 4:29.09 1st LI, TONG 15 EA.SO China M 4:42.07 2nd Lynagh, Tony 21 EE.SO Ireland M 5:10.16 3rd Softball Throw PANT, RAKSHITA 23 AP.SO India (Bharat) F 13.2000 m 1st Williams, Crystal 23 NA.SO Trinidad & Tobago F 12.2300 m 2nd Meade, Sarah 27 EE.SO Ireland F 4 11.7600 m 3rd Standing Long Jump ALVAREZ, Ana C. 27 LA.SO Venezuela F 1.1200 m 1st Barbosa, Viviane M. 30 LA.SO Brazil F 1.0200 m 2nd Meade, Sarah 27 EE.SO Ireland F 0.8500 m 3rd 50m Run Olivia, Medine A. 26 AF.SO Seychelles M 10.71 1st Guseynov, Ilmir 18 EE.SO Turkmenistan M 11.42 2nd O'Donnell, Ian 21 EE.SO Ireland M 11.46 3rd Standing Long Jump O'Donnell, Ian 21 EE.SO Ireland M 1.0900 m 1st MINAYA, ARIEL J. 18 LA.SO Dominican Republic M 779 1.0700 m 2nd Shot Putt 3kg Valentin, Diana 18 AF.SO Seychelles F 3.4600 m 1st Seet, SokErn 20 AP.SO Singapore F 3.3200 m 2nd Westervelt, Florence Edna 52 NA.SO Team USA F 3.1600 m 3rd O'Donoghue, Janet 18 EE.SO Ireland F 3.1300 m 4th 100m Run Norboboyev, Ulugbek 15 EE.SO Uzbekistan M 17.27 1st IBRAHIM ZAI, FAHIMULLAH 11 AP.SO Afghanistan M 18.06 2nd Georgiev, Mihail 13 EE.SO Bulgaria M 19.26 3rd Ryan, Edward 14 EE.SO Ireland M 20.57 4th Shot Putt 4kg MOK, KWANG CHIEN 21 AP.SO Malaysia M 7.0200 m 1st PHAN, DINH DUONG 17 AP.SO Vietnam M 6.5500 m 2nd MODAK, ABHIJEET 18 AP.SO India (Bharat) M 5.8800 m 3rd CIREN, LUOBU 16 EA.SO China M 5.7000 m 4th Ryan, Edward 14 EE.SO Ireland M 5.5300 m 5th 100m Run Tamakloe, Mawukoenya N. 16 AF.SO Ghana F 16.47 1st BRAVO, TELMA ELIZABETH 19 LA.SO Bolivia F 16.93 2nd Duchscherer, Jennifer 20 NA.SO Team USA F 17.24 3rd Sweeney, Samantha-Josephine 18 EE.SO Ireland F 17.39 4th Long Jump Turrado, Pauline 16 EE.SO France F 2.6400 m 1st BATOOL, BUSHRA 18 AP.SO Pakistan F 2.5600 m 2nd Rico, Georgina E. 17 LA.SO El Salvador F 2.4600 m 3rd MOHD ROSLI, NURUL IZZATI 16 AP.SO Malaysia F 2.3600 m 4th Leatham, Elizabeth 21 NA.SO Team USA F 2.2600 m 5th Sweeney, Samantha-Josephine 18 EE.SO Ireland F 2.0200 m 6th 100m CHEUNG, CHE WAI 25 EA.SO Hong Kong M 11.78 1st Cooper, Brent C. 26 NA.SO Bahamas M 12.01 2nd Belrich , Zied 26 MA.SO Tunisia M 12.04 3rd Nusrat, Omar Ramdan 25 MA.SO Libya M 12.06 4th DEBRUYN, RANDAL 28 NA.SO Canada M 12.14 5th Max, Andreas 28 EE.SO Germany M 12.45 6th Field, Stephen 23 EE.SO Ireland M 12.62 7th 400m Ernesta, Stevens V. 25 AF.SO Seychelles M 58.05 1st Field, Stephen 23 EE.SO Ireland M 59.53 2nd Long Jump Saad, Balahassn Mohamed 0 MA.SO Libya M 4.4000 m 1st Koppel, Viljar 30 EE.SO Estonia M 4.2600 m 2nd Trindade, Claudio G. 35 LA.SO Brazil M 4.1000 m 3rd Nagle, Joseph 38 EE.SO Ireland M 4.0400 m 4th Shot Putt Alwahal, Taiser N. 28 MA.SO Saudi Arabia M 14.33 m 1st Nagle, Joseph 38 EE.SO Ireland M 13.73 m 2nd