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Irish Independent
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Sarah Healy smashes personal best to take third at Diamond League
She came home behind two Olympic medallists, with Kenya's Beatrice Chebet taking victory in 8:11.56, the second fastest time in history, and Italy's Nadia Battocletti outkicking Healy for second in 8:26.27. Healy's time took over three seconds off her previous best and is behind only Sonia O'Sullivan's national record of 8:21.64 on the Irish all-time list. 'Third place in a Diamond League is not something that's easy to come by,' said Healy, who sliced through the field as the race progressed. 'I raced it really well. It was a little messy at the beginning but I fought back really well and reeled in a lot of girls by myself. More than the physical thing, you need confidence to do that.' Healy has been in superb form all year, taking European Indoor gold over 3000m in March and finishing sixth in the world indoor final over the same distance. 'I'll go home after this to see my family quickly, then go back to Manchester to train then I have the Rome and Paris Diamond Leagues coming up in the 1500m,' she said. Fellow Dubliner Cathal Doyle made his Diamond League debut in Rabat and the Paris Olympian fared well, opening his season with an eighth-place finish in 3:33.32, just outside his PB of 3:33.15. 'It was very scrappy for the first 800 and to run that fast in my first race out, I'm chuffed with that, I'll take it,' said Doyle. 'It's going well, we don't need to change anything now – just keep going.' The Clonliffe Harrier was proud to have made the step up to the top tier of the professional circuit. 'This time last year I was just trying to get into a bronze meet in Brussels and now I'm in the Diamond League,' said Doyle. 'You can't really ask for much more than that.'
Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Sarah Healy finishes third in 3000m at the Diamond League in Morocco
Sarah Healy produced a superb run to finish third over 3000m at the Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday evening, the Dubliner smashing her personal best to clock 8:27.02. She came home behind two Olympic medallists, with Kenya's Beatrice Chebet taking victory in 8:11.56, the second fastest time in history, and Italy's Nadia Battocletti outkicking Healy for second in 8:26.27. Healy's time took over three seconds off her previous best and is behind only Sonia O'Sullivan's national record of 8:21.64 on the Irish all-time list. 'Third place in a Diamond League is not something that's easy to come by,' said Healy, who sliced through the field as the race progressed. 'I raced it really well. It was a little messy at the beginning but I fought back really well and reeled in a lot of girls by myself. More than the physical thing, you need confidence to do that.' Healy has been in superb form all year, taking European Indoor gold over 3000m in March and finishing sixth in the world indoor final over the same distance. 'I'll go home after this to see my family quickly, then go back to Manchester to train then I have the Rome and Paris Diamond Leagues coming up in the 1500m,' she said. Fellow Dubliner Cathal Doyle made his Diamond League debut in Rabat and the Paris Olympian fared well, opening his season with an eighth-place finish in 3:33.32, just outside his PB of 3:33.15. 'It was very scrappy for the first 800 and to run that fast in my first race out, I'm chuffed with that, I'll take it,' said Doyle. 'It's going well, we don't need to change anything now – just keep going.' The Clonliffe Harrier was proud to have made the step up to the top tier of the professional circuit. 'This time last year I was just trying to get into a bronze meet in Brussels and now I'm in the Diamond League,' said Doyle. 'You can't really ask for much more than that.'
Scottish Sun
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Female London Marathon runner hits back after she is cruelly mocked over ‘bikini' outfit
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LONDON MARATHON runner hit back at trolls after being mocked over her 'bikini' outfit. British athlete Holly Archer competed in the Women's Elite category in London - her first competitive marathon. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Holly Archer hit back at trolls who criticised her trunks Credit: INSTAGRAM 3 The British athlete completed her first marathon in 2hr39 Credit: Getty 3 Archer is a former European Indoor 1500m silver medalist Credit: INSTAGRAM She achieved a time of two hours and 39 minutes, but some people were more concerned with how the former European Indoor 1500m silver medalist was dressed. Archer, 31, wore small briefs that are known as 'run buns' within the industry. Many on TikTok criticised her choice of clothing and Archer called out some sexist comments. She shared a video on the platform in which she posted many of the remarks thrown her way. Archer responded with the caption: "Should I have worn a tracksuit?" A voiceover played in the video which said: "F*** the f***ing lot of you." Some even used the video as another opportunity to post snarky comments. One read: "But why are you running in Speedos?" BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Another added: "Crazy how the guys can do this not in a bikini." And a third wrote: "There are lots of shops in London you should check them out they have loads of clothes." Moment protesters storm elite men's race at London Marathon before being tackled to ground in dramatic footage Archer did receive some support however, with one person saying: "If I had abs like yours I would wear that daily. Not just on race days!" Another wrote: "I'm confused. Is this the first time people have seen pro athletes? 🤔"
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
O'Connor says World Indoor silver is 'madness'
Ireland's Kate O'Connor has described claiming a World Indoor Championship pentathlon silver medal within a fortnight of earning a European Indoor bronze as "madness". The multi-eventer latest's medal was the first time an Irish athlete has achieved a podium position at a World Indoor Championships since Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles triumph in 2006. O'Connor admitted she had little idea as to how her competition in the Chinese city of Nanjing was going to unfold after her heroics in Apeldoorn 12 days ago. "I've never done a competition so close [to another competition] let alone a championships," the Newry-born athlete, 24, told BBC Sport. "It was all about rest and recovery and, to be honest, coming in I was really unsure how it would go. "Normally I would do a week of training going into a competition and I would know where I'm at whereas coming into this, my last training session was the Europeans." However, the Dundalk woman immediately showed she remained in the form of her life by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best of 8.30 seconds. A high jump of 1.81m - only three centimetres down on the best she set in the Netherlands - was followed by another lifetime best shot put of 14.64m, which added 10 centimetres to her previous best mark. That left O'Connor, who won Commonwealth Games heptathlon silver for Northern Ireland behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson in 2022, in second place after three events. While she slipped to third - just three points behind US athlete Taliyah Brooks - despite another long jump personal best of 6.32m, the Northern Ireland athlete finished well ahead of the American in the concluding 800m to secure the silver. "I knew that to get the silver, I had to beat the American girl, so that was just the plan. I just wanted to go out and run hard and just fight until the very end," she added. "I wasn't sure where she was at all but for the last 50m I was just thinking 'how much do you want the silver?'. I'm upgrading from the [bronze at the] Europeans so I'm really happy." O'Connor also told Athletics Ireland she hopes her medals over the last fortnight will "really push multi-events forward in the country and let younger athletes see what other options are available to them in athletics". She becomes only the seventh Irish athlete to claim an individual medal at a World Indoor Championship, following in the footsteps of Marcus O'Sullivan, Paul Donovan, Frank O'Mara, Sonia O'Sullivan, Paul McKee and O'Rourke.
BBC News
21-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
O'Connor says World Indoor silver is 'madness'
Ireland athlete Kate O'Connor described securing a World Indoor Championship pentathlon silver medal less than a fortnight after earning a European Indoor bronze as "madness".The multi-eventer latest's medal was the first time an Irish athlete has achieved a podium position at a World Indoor Championships since Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles triumph in 2006.O'Connor admitted she had little idea as to how her competition in the Chinese city of Nanjing was going to unfold after her heroics in Apeldoorn 12 days ago."I've never done a competition so close [to another competition] let alone a championships," the Newry-born athlete, 24, told BBC Sport."It was all about rest and recovery and to honest coming into today, I was really unsure how it would go. "Normally I would do a week of training going into a competition and I would know where I'm at whereas coming into this, my last training session was the Europeans." However, the Dundalk woman immediately showed that she remained in the form of her life by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best of 8.30 seconds. A high jump of 1.81m - only three centimetres down on her PB set in the Netherlands - was followed by another lifetime best shot put of 14.64m which added 10 centimetres to her previous best left O'Connor, who won Commonwealth Games heptathlon silver for Northern Ireland behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson in 2022, in second place after three she slipped to third spot - a tiny three points behind US athlete Taliyah Brooks - despite another long jump personal best of 6.32m, the Northern Ireland athlete finished well ahead of the American in the concluding 800m to secure the silver."I knew that to get the silver, I had to beat the American girl so that was just the plan. I just wanted to go out and run hard and just fight until the very end," added the 24-year-old."I wasn't sure where she was at all but for the last 50m I was just thinking 'how much do you want the silver?'. I'm upgrading from the [bronze at the] Europeans so I'm really happy."O'Connor also told Athletics Ireland that she hopes her medals over the last fortnight will "really push multi events forward in the country and let younger athletes see what other options are available to them in athletics".
