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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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The Lithuanian-born, proud Irish Paralympian, has been on a whirlwind upward trajectory. Her rise has been meteoric, to say the least.
Having only started athletics in her late teens, Streimikyte bagged a 1500m bronze medal on her international debut at the 2016 European Para Athletics Championshi
Athletics Ireland have announced that and national senior Indoor Micro Meet will take place in Abbotstown this weekend.
This will be exclusively for carded athletes who have realistic hopes of qualifying for The European Indoor Championships or Olympic Games the Europeans are due take placed in Torun Poland from March 5th to the 7th.
A number of Donegal Athletes are expected to take part in this Micro Meet, including Mark English, John Kelly, Sommer Lecky and Brendan Boyce.