Ireland’s Sarah Lavin will make her World Championships debut in the heats of the 100m hurdles in Oregon this evening (July 23rd). It will be the 28-year-old’s first World Championships, continuing a remarkable 12 months for the Limerick athlete which has seen her compete at the Tokyo Olympics last year as well as becoming the first Irish athlete in 12 years to make it to the World Indoor final in Belgrade back in March.
Lavin will take to the Hayward Field track in Eugene this evening having already broken her PB three times this summer, lowering it to 12.84 at the Cork City Sports a fortnight ago. That performance moved the Emerald AC athlete ever closer to the 12.65 NR set by Derval O’Rourke back in 2010.
Irish All Time 100m Hurdles
1 | 12.65 | NR | -0.5 | 31 Jul 2010 | ||||
2 | 12.84 | +1.3 | 5 Jul 2022 | |||||
3 | 13.12 | +1.2 | 9 Aug 1998 | |||||
4 | 13.45 | -1.0 | 22 May 2022 | |||||
5 | 13.47 | +1.6 | 27 Jul 2019 |
Lavin looks to have a tricky heat this evening, with the the 2nd and 8th ranked athletes both in her heat. There will be 3 automatic qualifying places on offer in each heat, with the first of the heats set for 7.20pm (Irish time). Lavin will go in heat 3 at 7.34pm.
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) plus 6 fastest times (q) qualify for the Semi-Final.
Start List: HERE
Day 9:
- 7.34pm Sarah Lavin 100mH Heat 3
Day 10
- 2.15pm Brendan Boyce 35k Walk
Start lists and timetables are available HERE
Full list of results: HERE
