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European Indoor Championships - Day 2 2021

European Indoor Championships 2021 - Irish Highlights from Day 2

Torun, Poland,

Saturday March 6th 2021

European Indoor Athletics Championships Logo - Torun 2021

Livestream on European Athletics Website

 

European Athletics TV

 

The European Indoor Championships will also be covered on RTÉ Player and RTÉ2, with the morning sessions on RTÉ Player. There is also coverage on BBC


Schedule & Results

 

Saturday's Program

european indoor championships 2021 program saturday march 6th

Day 2 - Saturday March 6th - Irish Schedule

Heats Mens 60m

Leon Reid (9:46am)

Israel Olatunde (10:07am)

Dean Adams (10:14am)

Heats Mens 3000m

John Travers (10.25am)

SeanTobin (10:38am)

Brian Fay (10:51am)

 

Heats Women’s 60m Hurdles

Sarah Lavin (11:42am)

 

Evening Session


Semi-Final Womens 800m

Nadia Power (6:00pm)


Semi Final Mens 800m

 Cian McPhillips (6:33pm)

Mark English (6:41pm)

 

Final Womens 400m

Phil Healy (7:25pm)

 

Athletics Ireland Report

Sean Tobin has secured his place in 3000m final at the European Indoor Championships with a step perfect performance in Torun this morning. The Clonmel AC athlete was in contention from the gun and a fastest qualifier spot was his reward. Tobin ran the perfect race in heat 2 of the 3000m which resulted in him attaining the 5th fastest time of all those qualifying for the final.

 

The 7:47.71 performance was also a new personal best for Tobin and ranks as the 6th fastest ever indoor 3000m by an Irishman. He’ll be back in action on Sunday afternoon at 4.52pm for the 3000m final where he’ll line up against European’s elite including Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigsen who claimed the 1500m gold medal last night.

2013 European U20 silver medallist Sarah Lavin will also be back in action on Sunday as she progressed through her round 1 heats as an automatic qualifier in the 60m hurdles. The Emerald AC athlete stormed to a personal best time of 8.06 to continue her blistering start to 2021. The time shattered her old PB of 8.13 and further strengthens her 2nd place position on the Irish all-time list, with only Derval O’Rourke running faster. Lavin will be back in the starting blocks for the semi-final on Sunday at 12.30pm.

 

Saturday March 6th (Morning session)

Men’s 60m

Day 3 at the European championships got up and running for Irish athletes in the 60m where the trio of Leon Reid, Israel Olatunde, and Dean Adams took to the starting blocks for the first round of heats. The 60m heats looked ultra-competitive on paper with only 2 automatic qualifiers going through from each of the 9 heats, along with the next 6 fastest.

Leon Reid, who is second on the Irish all-time list went in heat 5 and crossed the line in 5th place in a time of 6.75 which was not enough to progress to the semi-final stage. Reid’s attention will now turn to the outdoors and Olympic qualification.

Israel Olatunde went in the 8th heat and the Irish U20/23 record holder will take great heart from his first senior international appearance. The UCD AC man finished in 4th place in a time of 6.79 and will no doubt be back on this stage in the years to come.

National indoor champion Dean Adams went in the final 60m heat of the day and Ballymena & Antrim A.C. man crossed the line in 7th place in a time of 6.89. The appearance secured Adams his first senior Irish (individual) cap at the age of 30, and will no doubt motivate the next generation of aspiring sprinters.

 

Men’s 3000m

2020 national indoor champion John Travers was first up in the 3000m for team Ireland. Travers was well positioned for much of the race and went with the injection in pace set by Mohamed Katir of Spain over the final 1000 meters. Unfortunately, the exertions seemed to take their toll in the finish with Travers coming home in 8th place in 8:05.96.

 

Tobin was up next and, as mentioned, ran the perfect race in the second heat, which resulted in him claiming that European final spot.

 

3000m Semi-Final 2

Brian Fay who was a late call up the the European indoor team faced a tough task in heat 3 of the 3000m where he lined up against Jimmy Gressier (FRA), Isaac Kimeli (BEL), and Jakob Ingebrigsen (NOR) who would go on to claim the first 3 automatic qualifying spots. The Raheny Shamrock AC man stayed in the chasing pack led by Ingebrigsten for much of the race and crossed the line in 7th place in a time of 7:56.13.

 

Women’s 60m Hurdles

Sarah Lavin was the sole Irish representative in the 60m hurdles, and she secured her place in Sunday’s final with a performance which smashed her old PB. The Emerald AC athlete looked supremely controlled as she crossed the line in 8.06 behind Visser (NED) and Sember (GBR) for third place.




Women's 400m Final

 PB For Phil Healy in Women's 400m Final

Phil Healy, Bandon AC, finished in fourth position in this evening's final in a lifetime best of 51.94 sec, just 0.21sec outside Bronze. Phil looked to be too far adrift of the leader with 100 to go, but came with a strong finish to 4th



Athletics Ireland Everning Session Report

 

Personal Best takes Healy to 4th in Europe at European Indoor Championships

Phil Healy has run the fastest 400 meters of her life in claiming 4th place in the European Indoor Championship final in Torun this evening.   

The Bandon AC athlete took to the blocks knowing that she would need a near perfect performance to compete amongst a world class line-up, and she did just that with a stunning personal best time of 51.94.

Healy finished strongly down the home straight for 4th and was just two tenths of a second short of making it onto the podium. Her time would have been enough to secure her a medal at the previous 5 editions of these championships, further highlighting the class of field which she was up against.

The final was Healy’s third run at these championships over two days, and her consistency of performance will be something she will look to carry with her, as she tracks towards Tokyo qualification.  

Nadia Power, Cian McPhillips and Mark English were all in 800m semi-final action this evening, and all three had to settle for fourth place, which resulted in them just missing out on tomorrow’s respective finals (McPhillips was subsequently promoted to 3rd after a DQ, and then back to 4th after an appeal against the DQ was upheld).

Power hit the front at the bell in a gutsy display which saw her leave everything out on the track in posting a 2:04.04. The Dublin City Harriers athlete finished 4th in the end and her recent indoor exploits will no doubt stand to her as she builds towards Olympic qualification.  

Longford man McPhillips who only made his senior Irish debut in yesterday’s heats looked very much as if he belonged with Europe’s elite, setting a new European U20 record of 1:48.08 at the age of 18 (McPhillips ran 1:46.13 at the Elite Micro Meet but anti-doping controls need to be undertaken for a European Record to be ratified). His 3rd place finish was not enough to progress to the final tomorrow but there is no doubt that he will return to this stage once again in the years to come.

Mark English signed off his record-breaking indoor season at the semi-final stage too, clocking 1:48.99 to finish 4th. The Finn Valley AC man was in position approaching the last 400 meters but could not peg back the leading trio of Borkowski (POL), Webb (GBR), and Kramer (SWE)

Irish Interest on Sunday

   9:18am - Ciara Neville - Womens 60m Heat 1  

9:34am - Molly Scott - Womens 60m Heat 3

9:42am - Joan Healy - Womens 60m Heat 4  

12:46pm - Sarah Lavin - Womens 60mH Semi Final

4:52 pm - Sean Tobin - Mens 3000m Final

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