World Indoor Athletics 2016

Rose-Anne Galligan leads the charge for Ireland’s elite athletes in the heats of the 1,500 m at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon this evening (March 18th).

The Newbridge athlete takes to the green indoor track in the first heat http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/results/women/1500-metres/heats/startlist#resultheader of two at 20:35 Irish time. The first three in each heat and the three fastest  qualifiers advance to the final at 2:18 am Irish time on March 20th.

To keep abreast of the championships and timetable see the link here: http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/timetable/byday

Ireland’s leading walkers take to the roads of Dudince, Slovakia tomorrow for the IAAF Race Walking Challenge. Robert Heffernan (Togher) will lead Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny) and Cian McMenamon (Westport) in the 20km while Leevale’s Alex Wright will tackle the 50km.

On Sunday Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole) takes to the roads for the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 20, which will see 20,000 runners of all ages and abilities hit the streets of Manhattan.

The two-time Olympian will be looking to improve on her half marathon best of 71:33 which she set in Lille last year.

 

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