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Irish Times
5 days ago
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- Irish Times
Nick Griggs wins silver at European Under-23 Championships in Norway
Nick Griggs has won silver for Ireland in the 5,000m at the European Under-23 Championships, clocking 13:45.80. The 20-year-old added to Team Ireland's medal haul from the event in Bergen, Norway after Anika Thompson took gold in the 10,000m and Nicola Tuthill won silver in the hammer on Friday. 'We walked out the first few hundred so I was like, 'let me just take this out',' said Griggs after Saturday's race. 'I was risking losing the medal to go and get to win, but I wanted to do that.' After leading through 3,000m, the Tyrone man eventually had to surrender to the finishing kick of rising Dutch star Niels Laros, who won gold in 13:44.74. READ MORE At the Diamond League meeting in London, Ireland's 4x100m women's relay team stormed to an impressive new national record. Sarah Leahy (Killarney Valley AC), Ciara Neville (Emerald AC), Lauren Roy (City of Lisburn AC) and Sarah Lavin (Emerald AC) combined to clock a time of 43.73 seconds, improving on the previous record of 43.80 which had stood since 2018. The quartet, racing together for the second time, finished fourth in a thrilling race won by Great Britain. Sarah Healy continued her excellent recent form to finish third in the women's mile. The Dubliner crossed the line in a time of 4:16.26, moving her to second on the Irish all-time list for the event behind Ciara Mageean. Rhasidat Adeleke also showed improvement, clocking a season's best of 22.52 into a slight headwind (-0.6m/s), to finish fourth in the women's 200m behind training partners Julien Alfred and Dina Asher-Smith. In the men's 800m, Mark English clocked 1:44.07, the third fastest time of his career, to finish seventh.
The 42
5 days ago
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- The 42
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in quality 200m field at London Diamond League
RHASIDAT ADELEKE FINISHED fourth in the women's 200m as training partner Julien Alfred ran the fastest time of the year to top a quality field at the London Diamond League. Alfred bettered her own world leading time and set a new national record in a blistering 21.71 at the Olympic Park, taking 0.15 seconds off her previous best. Home duo Dina Asher-Smith (22.25) and Amy Hunt (22.31) chased her home ahead of Adeleke, who clocked a season's best 22.52 on her third outing of the year over the shorter distance. Earlier, Sarah Healy continued her stellar season as she ran a new personal best in the mile. Advertisement Healy finished third in 4:16.26, as Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay took the honours in a national record 4:11.88 ahead of Australia's Jessica Hull (4:13.68). Another strong run from Sarah Healy to bag a PB of 4:16.26 in the Mile at the London Diamond League. 👏#LondonDL | @irishathletics — Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) July 19, 2025 'Running in the Diamond Leagues are always amazing and to come here with this crowd is incredible,' Healy said afterwards. 'So much support for the Irish which is lovely. 'Today was about competing and getting out there and getting some good racing under my belt. 'I could sense where everyone was out there and felt I had the speed for that last lap although I did not realise quite how close fourth place was to me so I am very pleased to have held on.' Ireland's women's 4x100m relay team of Sarah Leahy, Lauren Roy, Ciara Neville and Sarah Lavin set a new national record of 43.73 seconds to finish fourth behind Great Britain 1, Jamaica and France. 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃! 🚨 Ireland's 4x100m Women's Team have set a new National Record of 43.73 at the London Diamond League! 🇮🇪 A massive well done to Sarah Leahy, Lauren Roy, Ciara Neville and Sarah Lavin! 👏#LondonDL | @irishathletics — Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) July 19, 2025 Mark English finished seventh in a red-hot men's 800m, running 1:44.07 behind winner Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya (1:42.00). Jamaica's Oblique Seville won the men's 100m in 9.86 seconds, beating Noah Lyles into second.
Irish Independent
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Sarah Healy clocks 1,500m personal best in stunning second-place finish in Paris Diamond League
Sarah Healy produced another stellar performance to break her personal best and finish second over 1,500m at the Paris Diamond League, the Dubliner clocking 3:57.02.
Irish Times
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Sarah Healy produces lifetime best to take second in 1,500m at Diamond League in Paris
Another terrific sprint finish by Sarah Healy saw her nail second place in the 1,500 metres at the Meeting de Paris on Friday night, improving her lifetime best to 3:57.15 in the process. On a perfect evening for running inside the Stade Charlety, the eighth stop on the Diamond League circuit, Healy might well have scored another victory too, as Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir just held on for the win in 3:57.02. Just like she did in winning the European Indoor title over 3,000m last March, Healy bided her time over the last 150 metres, after holding sixth place at the bell. Entering the homestretch in third, she kicked past the top Ethiopian Birke Haylom, but just ran out of track when trying to run down Chepchirchir Healy's time improved her lifetime best of 3:57.46, clocked at the same meeting last year. Only Ciara Mageean's Irish record of 3:55.87 from 2023 is faster, and that may well come under threat before the summer is out. READ MORE It was only Healy's second outdoor 1,500m race this season, after she also produced a magnificent finishing kick to win the 1,500m at the Rome Diamond League a fortnight ago. The 24-year-old had already improved her 3,000m best to 8:27.02 in finishing third in the Rabat Diamond League last month. Haylom held on for third in 3:57.50, with Healy's training partner Georgia Hunter Bell sixth in 3:58.06. Mark English was also back on track just over a week after racing the 800m at the Oslo Diamond League, and the 32-year-old continued his rich vein of form over the distance with a sixth-place finish in 1:43.98 – breaking the 1:44-barrier for only the second time. English did get slightly boxed at the back after the first lap, in another stacked field of 13 runners, moving up five places in the last 200m. Victory on the night went to Mohamed Attaoui from Spain in 1:42.73, just ahead of Josh Hoey from the US, who clocked 1:43.00 – and like English is also coached by Justin Rinaldi. English broke the 1:44 barrier for the first time with his Irish record of 1:43.92 to take the win in Hengelo earlier this month, which smashed his previous Irish record of 1:44.34 which he set in Bydgoszcz, Poland last month. Although Rhasidat Adeleke wasn't racing in Paris, after back-to-back 400m races in Oslo and Stockholm where she finished fourth and sixth respectively, she'll no doubt have watched the Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino make her Diamond League season debut. Paulino produced a stunning victory and meeting record time of 48.81 seconds, improving the mark of 49.12 she set here two years ago. The Olympic champion finished strongest of all, getting past her old rival Salwa Eid Naser from Bahrain, second in the Olympics last summer, who clocked 48.85, with newcome Martina Weil from Chile also breaking 50 seconds to nail third in 49.83, a national record. Azeddine Habz also delighted the Paris crowd when winning the 1,500m in a French record of 3:27.49, the top-six all running sub-3:30. Jimmy Gressier followed that with a French record in the 5,000m, running 12:51.59 to finish fourth behind Yomif Kejelcha from Ethiopia, who won in 12:47.84. The World Championships in Tokyo may still be just under three months away, but times are fast heating up.
The Irish Sun
07-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘Really happy' Irish star Sarah Healy ‘having a lot of fun' after sensational first-ever Diamond League victory in Rome
SARAH HEALY declared "I'm having a lot of fun" after securing his first ever win at the Diamond League. The Irish star ran 3:59.17 to romp to victory in the 1,500m at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Friday night. Advertisement The Dubliner surged to the front in the last 40 metres to edge Australian duo Sarah Billings (3:59.24) and Abbey Caldwell (3:59.32). And she said: 'I'm obviously really happy to come away with the win. 'It was a really competitive field, I thought it wouldn't be crazy quick and it was quite crowded, there was a lot of bodies and I was further back than I wanted to be the whole time. "But I tried to stay patient and in the last lap I had to make a good few moves, which I was happy with, especially on the home straight. Advertisement Read More on Sarah Healy 'I know my shape is good, I ran a big 3km PB two weeks ago so I know I'm really fit. "Hopefully a PB in the 1500m is coming for me soon but today, I just wanted to compete for the win. "I know I'm good at hard, fast races, but races like this were more where I struggled so I'm really, really happy to win – it's really cool.' Healy has been edging towards victory in recent times, having finished third in the 3,000m at the Rabat Diamond League. Advertisement Most read in Athletics She will next race in 1,500m at the Paris Diamond League on June 20, and revealed the secret behind her success. She added: 'I'm having a lot of fun which is the main thing. Inside Sarah Healy's life beyond athletics from impressive college degree to passion for travelling the globe 'And it's probably why I'm running so well.' 2025 is already set up to be a stunning year for Healy, who claimed European gold as recently as March. Advertisement The Irish star dominated the 3,000m at the Euro Indoors, crossing the line in a brilliant 8:52.86, She followed that up by finishing Healy was in contention throughout and only lost touch with the leaders in the final 400m when gold medal winner Freweyni Hailu of Ethiopia kicked clear. Healy crossed the line in 8.40.00, just 13 days after she won the European title in Apeldoorn. Advertisement She said: 'It was a pretty solid race from me. I put myself in the right position from the start. 'I expected the race to be faster, it ended up being slow with a big wind-up towards the end. 'When the big move was made at three laps to go, I was a little too far back and had a lot to make up. 'I think sixth is a pretty solid result for me and I'm pretty happy with it, but it does leave me hungry for more.' Advertisement 1 Sarah Healy claimed her first ever Diamond League victory in Rome Credit: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
