Tough Conditions for Phil Healy and Michelle Finn at Universiade Finals
Phil Healy and Michelle Finn Run in 200m and 3k Steeplechase
2017 World University Games
Taipei, Taiwan
Saturday August 26th 2017
Phil Healy finishes 7th in Womens 200m Final
Weather conditions were tough in Taipei for today's athletics, with temperatures hitting 30C and 72% humidity. Winds outside the stadium were 27kph, but, trackside, the womens 200m had a -1.4m/s headwind. The video below mentions "pandemonium" before the start of the womens 200m, but it isn't clear what gave rise to this or whather it had any effect on the race.
Phil started well and was in the Silver medal position coming out of the bend but the other girls came through, with Phil placing 7th in 23.81secs, in a group finish
Womens 3000m Steeplechase Final
Michelle Finn finished in 14th place, in 10:40.06, in what appears to have been a remarkable steeplechase final. The winning time of 9:51.27 would seem to have been an achieveable time for all the athletes. Eventaul Bronze medalist, Ozlem Kaya led the field through the first 1,000m in 3:17.26, while winner, Tugba Guvenic brought them through 2,000m in 6:36.82. These times would seem to indicate pretty even running throughout for the front runners, however is is remarkable that none of the field, outside of the three medalists, broke 10 minutes. The weatherconditions clearly had a very detrimental effect on performances.
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23rd August | Athlete | Event | Round | Time (GMT) |
Marcus Lawler | 100m | Heats | 03:30 | |
Niamh Whelan | 100m | Heats | 04:40 | |
Kevin Kelly | 1500m | Heats | 12:05 noon | |
Emma Mitchell | 10,000m | Final | 12:45 noon | |
24th August | Athlete | Event | Round | Time (GMT) |
Paul Byrne | 400m Hurdles | Heats | 03:30 | |
Michelle Finn | 3,000m Steeplechase | Heats | 04:45 | |
25th August | Athlete | Event | Round | Time (GMT) |
Sarah Lavin | 100m Hurdles | Heats | 02:30 | |
Philomena Healy | 200m | Heats | 03:15 | |
Marcus Lawler | 200m | Heats | 04:15 | |
Emma Mitchell | 5,000m | Heats | 13:30/13:55 | |
Shona Heaslip | 5,000m | Heats | 13:30/13:55 | |
26th August | Athlete | Event | Round | Time (GMT) |
Cian McManamon | 20km Racewalk | Final | 02:00 | |
Mark English | 800m | Heats | 04:05 | |
Matthew Bergin | 5,000m | Heats | 14:10/14:35 |