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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Gold for Kelly at U20 Euro Athletics Championships
Donegal sprinter Conor Kelly claimed gold at the European U20 Athletics Championships in Finland on 18-year-old from Finn Valley AC produced a stunning performance, finishing in 45.83 to set a new Irish U20 flew out of the traps to dominate the race and come in ahead of France's Milann Klemenic (46.44) and Czech Republic's Ondrej Loupal of the Czech Republic (46.62) who took silver and bronze respectively. Ireland's Sean Doggett finished seventh in win makes it six gold medals over the last three European U20 championships for Ireland and Kelly, who took bronze at last year's European U18s, spoke of his delight at the win."This is a dream come true, it's really special," he said."The lactic acid has really sunk in now, it was a tough race."Last season hurt, this season had to be special. That bronze was like a dagger and it's been sitting there all season, but I've finally pulled it out. I've dreamt about this every minute of every day since then."There was an agonising fourth-place finish for Louth's Precious Akpe-Moses in the 200m final, but did help the women's 4x100m relay team reach Sunday's women's 400m relay team missed out on a place in the final with a sixth-place finish, while fourth was not good enough for the men's 400m team to advance.
The 42
3 days ago
- Sport
- The 42
Ireland's Precious Akpe-Moses finishes 7th in 100m final
Updated at 19.32 IRELAND'S PRECIOUS Akpe-Moses has finished seventh in the 100m final at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. In Thursday's semi-final, the Blackrock AC sprinter set a new personal best time of 11.62 (+0.7m/s), but Akpe-Moses was unable to replicate that feat, producing a time of 11.79 this evening. Precious' older sister, Gina, previously won the title at the event in 2017. Earlier today, the 19-year-old also progressed in the Women's 200m, finishing third in her heat in 24.22 to qualify for tomorrow afternoon's semi-finals, which take place at 12.36pm Irish time. Tonight's 100m was won by 15-year-old prodigy Kelly Doualla of Italy in 11.21. Britain's Mabel Akande secured silver in 11.41, and Uliana Stepaniuk of Ukraine claimed bronze in 11.53. Earlier, Celbridge native Cillian Gleason finished 17th in the men's 5,000m final with a time of 14:37.99. Advertisement Ireland's Sean Doggett. Meanwhile, Sean Doggett's personal best and third fastest overall time of 46.52 saw him come second and reach tomorrow evening's final in the 400m, which takes place at 6.25pm. Fellow Irishman Conor Kelly will join Doggett in that race after winning his semi-final in 46.58 — the fourth fastest time overall. You can view the results in full here and you can follow how the Irish athletes competing this morning fared here. Irish in Action – Day Three – European Athletics U20 Championships Morning Session – Saturday August 9th Enya Silkena – Women's Heptathlon – 100m Hurdles – 08:15 (10:15) Enya Silkena – Women's Heptathlon – High Jump – 09:30 (11:30) Women's 4x400m Relay – Round One – 10:50 (12:50) Men's 4x400m Relay – Round One – 11:25 (13:25) Dubem Amah – Men's 200m – SF – 12:00 (14:00) Precious Akpe-Moses – Women's 200m – SF – 12:30 (14:30) Evening Session – Saturday August 9th Enya Silkena – Women's Heptathlon – Shot Put – 15:00 (17:00) Cian Crampton – Men's Discus Throw – Final – 15:15 (17:15) Precious Akpe-Moses – Women's 200m – Final – 15:35 (17:35) * Dubem Amah – Men's 200m – Final – 15:45 (17:45) * Dearbhla Allen – Women's 3000m Steeplechase – Final – 15:55 (17:55) Caoimhe Flannery – Women's 3000m Steeplechase – Final – 15:55 (17:55) Enya Silkena – Women's Heptathlon – 200m – 16:15 (18:15) Women's 4x100m Relay – Round One – 17:10 (19:10) Men's 4x100m Relay – Round One – 17:40 (19:40) Cormac Dixon – Men's 3000m – Final – 18:05 (20:05) Conor Kelly – Men's 400m – Final – 18:25 (20:25) Sean Doggett – Men's 400m – Final – 18:25 (20:25) *Subject to advancing
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Irish sprinters Sean Doggett and Conor Kelly join three others in European Under-20 Championships Finals
There will be a number of Irish athletes competing in finals this evening MEDAL HOPE Irish sprinters Sean Doggett and Conor Kelly join two others in European Under-20 Championships Finals CONOR KELLY and Sean Doggett join Precious Akpe-Moses, Dubem Amah and Cillian Gleeson in final qualification at the European Under-20 Championships. Doggett set a life-time best in the semi-final to finish in second place and qualify for the 400m final. Advertisement 2 The 18-year-old is in great form going into the final 2 Kelly and Doggett will also compete in the 4X400m relays in this championships The national indoor and outdoor champion was just outside the Irish record with a time of 46:52 just finishing behind the Czech Ondrej Loupal in 46:36 in the third semi. The Athenry AC man looked to catch Loupal as he flew out of the blocks from lane four but the fastest in qualifying put on the burners at the second to last bend. Kelly powered through to a 46.58 and first place finish in the 400m first semi-final. Last year's bronze medalist in this event was the fastest in his field going into the semi-final in lane six. Advertisement The 18-year-old kept checking over his shoulders in the final stretch of the race to ensure a top lane spot was achieved for the final. The pair will compete side by side in Saturday's final at 6:25pm in the hopes of a medal. Precious Akpe-Moses secured automatic qualification with a strong third place finish in this morning's Women's 200m heat in 24.22. The 19-year-old will race in the semi-final on Saturday at 12:20pm in her second semi-final of the championships. Advertisement Akpe-Moses had already cruised into the final yesterday in the 100m, finishing second in her semi-final with a new personal best. (11.62) The younger sister of Gina Apke-Moses - who won the 100m title at the European Under-20 in 2017 - will compete in the 100m final at 6:40pm today. Noah Lyles sends clear message to sprint rival Kenny Bednarek after being shoved during fiery 200m race Cillian Gleeson is also in finals action this evening with the Men's 5000m which will begin at 4:25pm. Pia Langton and Saoirse Fitzgerald were in action in the Women's 800m heats. Advertisement Langton finished her extremely tough heat in fifth place at 2:09:42. Fitzgerald also failed to qualify finishing in eight (2:09:84) in a heat with 15-year-old Slovenian sensation Ziva Remic Dubem Amah of Tallaght AC has qualified for tomorrow's final after an impressive second place finish in his Men's 200m heat this morning. Dearbhla Allen and Caoimhe Flannery both set personal bests in their 3000m Steeplechase heats. The pair were two of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers, securing a spot in Saturday's final at 3:55pm.
