Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Mar 6, 2021 3:55 PM
Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin have set lifetime bests on day two of the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland, with both promising potentially more to come in Torun.
Clonmel AC and Dublin Track Club star Tobin clocked a new mark of 7 minutes, 47.71 seconds in coming fifth in his 3000m semi-final, only being a second off winner Andrew Butchart of Britain (7:46.46) in a blanket finish.
Tobin had stayed close to the front throughout, looking very comfortable around fifth place and was never out of touch with the lead, with the first three qualifying automatically for tomorrow’s final, along with the next three fastest losers.
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Celebrating Longford s Inspiring Women #IWD2021 - Shirley Maloney: It is important female voices are heard and respected
International Women’s Day - Monday, March 8, 2021 #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge
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Ballymahon’s Shirley Maloney is only the second female in the history of the Community Games organisation to hold the position of National Secretary );
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Shirley Maloney is only the second female in the history of the Community Games organisation to hold the position of National Secretary.
Married to John, they have two sons David and Philip, and she will be at her workplace on International Women’s Day. “I will be celebrating it with the rest of my colleagues - usually we bring in some treats to the staff room to mark it.”
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Much has been made of the size of the 23-strong Irish team which will compete over the four days of the upcoming European Indoor Championships in Torun this weekend, but ultimately the currency of success is medals and winning even one from four days of competition looks a daunting task.
The Ireland team, however, has had a long and happy relationship with the most accessible championship for its athletes who earned two podium successes from the last staging in 2019.
Mark English, the bronze medallist over 800 metres in Glasgow last time out, returns to a championship which has seen him also win silver in Prague back in 2015.
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