European Indoor Championships Schedule Day 3 2017
European Indoor Championships Day 3 Schedule 2017
Belgrade, Serbia
Sunday March 5th
Phil Healy pictured with Ciara Neville in Belgrade
Photo: Irish Examiner
Then there were two: Bandon AC's Phil Healy and Emerald AC's Ciara Neville compete in tomorrow afternoon's Womens 60m semi-final, at 4pm. The final is at 18:10, so we'll all be rootin' for the Irish duo at 4, and, hopefully, again just after 6pm.
European Indoor Championships - TV Schedule
| RTE 2 | BBC 2 | |
|---|---|---|
 |  | |
| Sunday March 5th | 15:15-19:00 | 14:30-19:00 |
Live Streaming
The event is being streamed live on Eurovision Sports
Irish in Action on Day 3 - Sunday
| Time | Cat | Event | Round | Athlete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | W | 60m | Semi-Final | Phil Healy, Ciara Neville |
| 17:10 | W | 60m | Final | (Phil Healy, Ciara Neville) |
Day 2 Reports
Athletics Ireland Reports - Feidhlim Kelly
Neville and Healy Rise to the Occasion in Belgrade
Ciara Neville (Emerald) and Phil Healy (Bandon) were fast out of the blocks this morning, qualifing for the women’s 60m semi-finals, at the European Indoor Championships, in Belgrade.
17-year-old Neville was first up and the Emerald AC sprinter clocked 7.46 to finish fourth in her 60m heat this morning to advance automatically.
"I'm absolutely delighted,” said Neville afterwards. “I ran that race like a final. I thought really hard about competing here, but I decided to come in case this opportunity never came around again. There's more to come."
Phil Healy was equally delighted with her automatic qualification in the 60m after finishing fourth in her heat in 7.39.
"A big Q, that's what I came out here for, so I have to be happy,” said Healy who ran in the 400m heats yesterday. “After the 400, if I let myself think the legs are heavy, then you're fighting a losing battle. You have to believe you're coming out fresh, then it's going to happen."
Challenging Night for Irish in Belgrade
It was a challenging evening for the Irish at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade with Ciara Mageean (UCD) limping off the track in the women’s 1500m final and John Travers (Donore Harriers) 11th in the men’s 1500m final in 3:53.11.
Great Britain’s Laura Muir won the women’s 1500m in a championship record of 4:02.39 which also was a British record. Mageean dropped out with 400m to go and was limping heavily citing a sore Achilles.
Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski won the men’s 1500m in 3:44.82 to follow up on the gold in the 800m he won in Prague in 2015 where Mark English won silver. “Unfortunately I didn’t put in the performance I wanted to put in,” said Travers afterwards on his 11th place finish.
Athletics Ireland Press Release, Mon Feb 27th - Feidhlim Kelly
The European Indoor Championships in Belgrade on March 3rd-5th highlights the week ahead.
There will be ten Irish athletes competing in Belgrade – Amy Foster (City of Lisburn) has had to withdraw from the 60m.
The Irish team for the European Indoor Championships:
Phil Healy (Bandon) 60m, 400m
Ciara Neville (Emerald) 60m
Sinead Denny (DSD) 400m
Ciara Mageean (UCD) 1500m
Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle) 1500m
Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers) 400m
Zak Curran (DSD) 800m
John Travers (Donore Harriers) 1500m
Tomas Cotter (Dunleer) 3,000m
Ben Reynolds (North Down) 60m hurdles
Team Manager: Patsy McGonagle
