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Irish Examiner
7 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Mark English breaks his own national record with big win in Poland
Mark English produced one of the best performances of his career to break his own Irish 800m record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Friday evening, the 32-year-old taking a hugely impressive victory in 1:44.34. That rewrote the national record of 1:44.53 that English ran in June last year and continued his fine start to the outdoor season, having clocked 1:44.75 to also win in Los Angeles last weekend. Once again, English unleashed a flying last 100 metres, having run towards the front throughout, and his kick carried him clear of Croatia's Marino Bloudek (1:44.74) and Poland's Filip Ostrowski (1:44.96). The Donegal native has taken time out from his medical career and is currently a full-time athlete, training under the guidance of Australian coach Justin Rinaldi. In March, English claimed his fifth European medal, winning 800m bronze at the European Indoors in the Netherlands. Cathal Doyle also impressed in Bydgoszcz, the Dubliner clocking 3:34.67 to finish third in the 1500m behind Spain's Mohamed Attaoui (3:33.30) and Italy's Federico Riva (3:33.79). Doyle had opened his season with a 3:33.32 clocking at the Rabat Diamond League last weekend and his latest run, while short of the automatic world qualifying standard, will again improve his world ranking and all but ensure his place in Tokyo later this year. Jodie McCann was in action in the women's 1500m in Bydgoszcz, the Paris Olympian clocking 4:09.78 to finish eighth, a race won by Poland's Weronika Lisakowska in 4:01.99.
The 42
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Sharlene Mawdsley second with season best at Continental Tour Gold meet
SHARLENE MAWDSLEY CLOCKED a season best in the women's 400m event at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Zagreb, Croatia today. The Tipperary athlete ran 51.14 but was pipped at the end as she finished second to Spain's Paula Sevilla. Advertisement Neck and neck to the line 😮💨 🇪🇸's Paula Sevilla digs deep to hold off 🇮🇪's Sharlene Mawdsley and win the 400m at the @ZagrebMeeting 💪 ⏰ 51.00#ContinentalTourGold livestream — World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 24, 2025 Elsewhere, Sophie Becker opened her individual season by finishing second in her heat of the women's 400m at the IFAM Outdoor meet in Brussels. In wet conditions, Becker ran 51.69. In the men's U20 400m event in Brussels, Conor Kelly smashed the Irish record with a stunning 46.18 – breaking Chris O'Donnell's 46.52 which had stood since 2017. Another Irish U20 record fell at the Halplus Werfertage meet in Germany, with Edenderry AC's Cian Crampton recording a 57.34 metre in the discus, breaking a record which had stood since 2009.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Australia's sprint renaissance set to go next level
Hopes are high the magical 10-second barrier will be broken as Australia's next wave of sprint stars converge in Perth for a glimpse of what promises to be a glorious future. The rapid emergence of Gout Gout has already set tongues wagging around the world, with the 17-year-old Queenslander even drawing comparisons with the great Usain Bolt. But it seems Gout is just part of what is shaping up to be a golden generation of Australian sprinting. World Indoor 60m silver medallist Lachlan Kennedy put his name up in lights by beating Gout last month in the men's 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. Upset in Melbourne 👀🇦🇺's Lachlan Kennedy storms to a 20.26 PB in the 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet 💪He edges out world leader Gout Gout, who ran 20.30 for the 🥈 in his first senior competition 👀#ContinentalTourGold — World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 29, 2025 Gout and 21-year-old Kennedy will again go head to head in the 200m when they front up at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth, which runs from Thursday to Sunday for the U20 and Open categories. Unfortunately for sprint fans, Kennedy won't be head-to-head with Gout in the 100m, given Gout will compete in the U20s sprint on Thursday evening and Kennedy in the Open category on Friday and Saturday. Nevertheless, both stars are aiming to crack the 10-second barrier, meaning it could be a double dose of joy for Australian sprinting at the meet. The current Australian men's record is 9.93 seconds, which was set by Patrick Johnson in Mito, Japan in 2003. "I'm aiming for a sub-10 time for sure," Kennedy said. "In one of the rounds, I'll do it and then I want to try and break the Australian record in the 100m and I really want to go for 19 seconds in the 200m. "I think that's more than possible, it'll just be how my body can handle the rounds." Goodness, Gout Gout 👀The 16-year-old Australian sprint star makes this 10.04 (+3.4) 100m look easy…. — FloTrack (@FloTrack) December 6, 2024 Gout broke Peter Norman's 56-year-old Australian 200m record late last year when he clocked in at 20.04 seconds - a time faster than what Bolt ran at the same age (20.13 seconds). Kennedy posted a personal best of 20.26 seconds in the 200m when he beat Gout in Melbourne. So can Kennedy get the better of Gout in the 200m for the second time in a row when they lock horns on Sunday? "I'm confident I can win the double," Kennedy said. "I mean, Gout is obviously incredible. He's the Australian record at 17 years old for a reason, it's nuts. But that's not going to stop me running with confidence now." Other sprint stars who will complete in Perth include Rohan Browning, who is the second fastest Australian ever in the 100m with 10.01 at Tokyo Olympics, 19-year-old defending national 100m champion Sebastian Sultana and Paris Olympian Josh Azzopardi. It's not only the men who are burning up the track, with 17-year-old Leah O'Brien this week announcing herself as a future star by smashing a long-standing 100m Australian record. O'Brien posted 11.14 seconds in the U18 Girls 100m final in Perth on Tuesday to break Raelene Boyle's 57-year-old Australian U18 record. It means O'Brien now holds the equal-fourth fastest time for an Australian woman over 100m. O'Brien will return to the track in Perth in the women's 100m in a bid to take down current Australian record holder Torrie Lewis, whose personal best is 11.10 seconds. Bree Rizzo (nee Masters), who qualified for the 100m semi-finals at the Paris Olympics, will also be part of the star-stacked women's field in Perth. West Australian pole vault star Kurtis Marschall will be aiming to crack the six-metre mark when he competes, while the women's high jump promises to be a spectacle headlined by Olympic medallists Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson. Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull will lead an all-star cast in the 1500m, with Australia's finest middle distance stars including Australian 3000m champion Georgia Griffith.
