Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Irish Day 3 Summary

Tokyo 2020 - Athletics Day 3 Summary

Sunday August 1st

Tokyo 2020

Startlists & Reports

3000m Steeplechase

Ninth place in Heat 1 of the Women's 3000m Steeplechase for Michelle Finn, Leevale AC, in 9:36.26. Eilish Flanagan, running in Heat 3, produced a massive 6 second PB, for 9:34.86, and 12th place in the Heat

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Heat 1 Results

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Heat 3 Results

13.05pm (400m hurdles Semi-Final): Thomas Barr

Thomas Barr goes in Semi-Final 1 at 1:05pm this afternoon. Running in Lane 6, alongside World Champion Karsten Warholm, in Lane 7, and World number 2, Rai Benjamin, in Lane 5. Thomas is ranked 9th in the World

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Lineup 400m hurdles Semi-Final 1

400m Hurdles Heat 1 Results

Thomas Barr ran a Season's Best, and his second fastest time ever, 48.26 sec, to finish fourth in Heat 1 today. Thomas clipped one of the hurdles, and it likely made all the difference. With only the first two from each Heat qualifying automatically, along with the next two fastest overall, it was a waiting game for thomas, to see if, hopefully, none of the other non-automatics ran faster tham him. However, European U23 Champion, Sibilio (Italy) ran a 47.93 PB to eliminte Thomas. The luck of the Heat draw didn't favour Thomas, as his time of 48.26 equalled the winning time in Heat 3. He ran the 7th fastest time, but didn't make the Final 8

Update - 3pm

Athletics Ireland has made two appeals, on grounds of Lane infringement and another on the basis of another athlete dragging his trailing leg around the hurdle, rather than over it. If either, or both appeals are successful, then Thomas will be in the Final. A decision is expected later today

Update - 3.55pm

RTE just reported that the appeal has been unsuccessful

Where to Watch

Coverage on RTE 2 and BBC 1 begins at Midnight most nights, while Eurosport 1 & 2 (Sky Channels 410 and 411) have round-the-clock coverage, including replays

Note: Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Ireland

Day 4 - Monday August 2nd

Irish In Action

1:35am (1500m Heats): Ciara Mageean, Sarah Healy

2:30am (200m Heats): Phil Healy

Start Time	Location	Event
Session 8 1:00 - 3:55
1:00	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group A
1:35	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m Round 1 - Heat 1
1:47	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m Round 1 - Heat 2
1:59	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m Round 1 - Heat 3
2:20	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Men's Long Jump Final
2:30	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 1
2:30	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group B
2:38	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 2
2:46	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 3
2:54	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 4
3:02	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 5
3:10	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 6
3:18	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 7
3:50	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Final
Session 9 11:00 - 14:00
11:20	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A	Women's Pole Vault Qualification - Group A
11:20	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault B	Women's Pole Vault Qualification - Group B
11:25	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Semi-Final 1
11:32	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Semi-Final 2
11:39	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Semi-Final 3
12:00	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Discus Throw Final
12:05	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 1
12:13	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 2
12:21	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 3
12:35	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1
12:45	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 2
12:55	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 3
13:15	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
13:40	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 5000m Final