World Student Games - Taipei 23rd August

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Last Championship of the season and a solid team selected

Cian McManamon| 20km Walk Race| Dublin City University
Emma Mitchell| 5,000m & 10,000m |Queen’s University Belfast
Kevin Kelly |1,500m |Dublin City University
Marcus Lawler |100m & 200m| Institute of Technology Carlow
Matthew Bergin |5,000m| University of New Mexico
Michelle Finn |3,000m Steeplechase| University of Limerick
Niamh Whelan |100m |University of Limerick
Paul Byrne |400m Hurdles| University of Limerick
Phil Healy |200m| University College Cork
Sarah Lavin |100m Hurdles| University College Dublin
Mark English| 800m| University College Dublin
Shona Heaslip |5,000m|

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Medal Winners

Gold
1961| 800m| Ronnie Delany
1991 |1,500m| Niall Bruton
1991 |1,500m |Sonia O’Sullivan
2015 |400m Hurdles| Thomas Barr

Silver
1991| 3,000m| Sonia O’Sullivan
2001 |1500m| Gareth Turnbull
2003| 200m| Paul Hession
2005 |100m| Ailis McSweeney
2007 |Hammer| Eileen O’Keeffe


Bronze
1930| 400m| Paddy Moore
1961 |Hammer |John Lawlor
1993 |Discus| Nicky Sweeney
2005 |200m| Paul Hession
2005 |5,000m| Jolene Byrne
2005 |100m Hurdles| Derval O’Rourke

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Live Streams should be available here

http://www.livefisu.tv/

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Irish Timetable for this

http://lindienaughton.com/world-university-games-irish-in-action/#sthash.51oulJ7T.gbpl

RayCun

preview here
https://www.fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/ireland/strong-irish-delegation-set-for-the-track-at-world-university-games-in-taipei/6751

RayCun

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Anyone got any info on how the Irish athletes did today?

Niamh Whelan ran 11.71 in round 1 and 11.74 in round 2 of the 100m, she's through to the semis
Marcus Lawler ran 10.64 in round 1 to qualify for round 2

(athletics ireland twitter feed)

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Bit of a catch up

Phil Healy with a great showing making the final finishing 7th in 23.81 into a -1.4 headwind

Marcus Lawler failed to advance beyond Rd 2 with a 6th place in 10.70.

After a solid start advancing from 1st round Paul Byrne failed to make the final with a 7th place in the Semi

Matthew Bergin advance to final latter today with a 3rd place showing in 5000.

Kevin Kelly with a 3.53.77 for 9th in the 1500m heats

Michelle Finn well off her best with a 10.40 finish for 14th in the steeple

Both

Cian McManamon with credible 13th place in the walk.

Sarah Lavin narrowly missing out on a final spot in the 100m hurdles with a 4th place finish 0.01 shy of a fastest loser spot

Niamh Whelan with a solid 11.81 for 7th in the 100m Semi's

Both women in action tonight in the 5000m while Emma Mitchell is off the back of a 9th place finish in the 10,000m earlier in the week

Chivito550

The men's javelin was absolutely sensational stuff. What drama with 2 guys going over 91m in the final round, and a home victory to boot. By far the event of the championships.

TFBubendorfer

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Both women in action tonight in the 5000m while Emma Mitchell is off the back of a 9th place finish in the 10,000m earlier in the week

Emma Mitchell finished 7th and Shona Heaslip 11th in the 5000.

Shona set a new PB in 16:09. Great to set it on such an occasion!

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TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Emma Mitchell finished 7th and Shona Heaslip 11th in the 5000.

Shona set a new PB in 16:09. Great to set it on such an occasion!

Matt Bergin was 10th as well. Good to see solid performances in an event we really have fallen off a cliff on in recent years.