Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Irish Day 5 Summary
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Tuesday August 3rd
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Coscoran and Reid Progress as Healy and Lawler Bow Out
It was a mixed night for Ireland as two athletes, Andrew Coscoran and Leon Reid, progress while Phil Healy and Marcus Lawler's hopes end
1500m Heat 3 - Andrew Coscoran
Andrew Coscoran qualified, from Heat 3 of the Men's 1500m, in one of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers, in a time of 3:37.11
400m Women - Heat 6 - Phil Healy
Phil Healy, Bandon AC, ran 51.98 secbut missed out on qualification for the next round. This was Phil's fourth race in 5 days, and at this level, that intensity will have taken it's toll, but Healy has the satisfation and honour of coming home as an Olympic Finalist
200m Men - Heats 6 & 7 - Marcus Lawler & Leon Reid
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| Marcus Lawler - Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho | Leon Reid - Photo: Tommy Dickson/Inpho |
Marcus Lawler and Leon Reid both producd season's bests in Heats 6 and 7 respectively, with just 0.2 sec separation them, but it was al the difference as Reid qualifying, while Lawlers hopes were dashed
Update (13:30pm) - Mens's 200m Semi-Final
Leon Reid, running in Semi-Final 3 of the 200m, ran 20.54, for 7th place, but finished outside the qualification places for the Final, with just two from each Semi, and two non-automatic qualifers proceding to the Final
Athletics Ireland Report
Tuesday 3rd - Tokyo 2020 Report
There were ‘heat heroics’ this morning with Andrew Coscoran and Leon Reid advancing to Olympic semi-finals from their respective 1500m and 200m heats
Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC), who was making his Olympic debut in the heats of the 1500m produced a perfect finishing straight burst to book his place Thursday’s semi-final with a time of 3:37:11 which secured a fastest qualifier spot
Coscoran settled into 5th place from the gun and maintained touch with the leading pack before unleashing a strong final 100m to cross in 8th place and claim his place in the next round
Phil Healy’s (Bandon AC) Olympic journey came to an end in the most agonising of fashion, missing out on a place in the semi-final of the 400m by just 0.07 of a second
Healy ran the second fastest outdoor 400m of her career to cross the line in 4th place in her heat in 51.98, made all the more impressive with it being her 4th appearance of the week at these Games
Healy then had to wait for the result of the final heat to see if she could maintain her fastest qualifier spot
Unfortunately, it was not to be, and it brought to an end the groundbreaking Olympic campaign for the Cork star who became the first Irish woman to compete in 3 track events an Olympic Games as she left the 400m starting blocks
It’s been another record-breaking season for Healy and she will no doubt look back with pride at all she has achieved this week
Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers AC) was next of the Irish out on track, finishing 6th in his 200m heat in a time of 20.73 which although was a season’s best, was not enough to make it through to the semi-final
Lawler was another victim of a tough draw with two of the top 10 ranked athletes in the world lining up in his heat which was always going to make qualification difficult
The 2019 World University Games bronze medallist can take great heart from producing a season’s best on the biggest stage of all
Leon Reid (Menapians AC) was also in 200m heat action, taking his place alongside the world number one Noah Lyles (USA) who would subsequently go on to cruise to the win in heat 7
The Irish 200m record holder appears to be peaking just at the right time however, and the Menapians speedster also booked his place in the semi-final which will take place later this afternoon (12.50pm Irish time)
Reid crossed in 4th place in a season’s best 20.53 to claim one of the fastest qualifier spots
Irish In Action On Wednesday
Currently no Irish athletes are scheduled for Wednesday 4th Aug
| Start Time | Location | Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 12 1:00 - 4:25 | |||||
| 1:00 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:05 | Olympic Stadium - Long Throws | ||||
| 1:08 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:16 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:35 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:43 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:51 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 1:55 | Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A | ||||
| 1:55 | Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B | ||||
| 2:35 | Olympic Stadium - High Jump A | ||||
| 2:35 | Olympic Stadium - High Jump B | ||||
| 2:35 | Olympic Stadium - Long Throws | ||||
| 3:00 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 3:08 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 3:16 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 3:30 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 3:40 | Olympic Stadium - Shot Put A | ||||
| 3:40 | Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B | ||||
| Session 13 10:30 - 14:00 | |||||
| 10:30 | Olympic Stadium - High Jump A | ||||
| 10:30 | Olympic Stadium - High Jump B | ||||
| 11:00 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 11:05 | Olympic Stadium - Shot Put A | ||||
| 11:05 | Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B | ||||
| 11:12 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 11:30 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 11:38 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 11:46 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 12:00 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 12:15 | Olympic Stadium - Long Throws | ||||
| 12:30 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 12:38 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 12:46 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 13:05 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 13:30 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 13:38 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 13:46 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
| 13:55 | Olympic Stadium - Track | ||||
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