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Mar 6, 2021 3:55 PM
Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin have set lifetime bests on day two of the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland, with both promising potentially more to come in Torun.
Clonmel AC and Dublin Track Club star Tobin clocked a new mark of 7 minutes, 47.71 seconds in coming fifth in his 3000m semi-final, only being a second off winner Andrew Butchart of Britain (7:46.46) in a blanket finish.
Tobin had stayed close to the front throughout, looking very comfortable around fifth place and was never out of touch with the lead, with the first three qualifying automatically for tomorrow’s final, along with the next three fastest losers.
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Romanian athlete Gabriel Bitan qualified on Thursday evening for the final of the long jump event at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun (Poland), with 7.78 meters, according to AGERPRES.
Bitan (22 years old), who last month won the title of indoor national champion, with 8.14 meters, finished the qualifications on the 7th place, his other jumps having 7.51 meters, respectively 7.43 meters.
The best performance was achieved by the Swede Thobias Montler, with 8.18 meters. Having no previous experience, to be honest, I got a little lost when I entered the track. But from jump to jump I managed to recover a bit and qualify for the final. Tomorrow [Friday] I can say that I already have experience and I hope to be at 100% at the first attempt, Gabriel Bitan told the official website of the Romanian Athletics Federation.
The European Indoor Athletic Championships start for Mark English on Friday night in Poland with the heats of the 800m.
Mark has hit his top form this year as he beat his own Irish Indoor record in qualifying for the Championships with a time of 1:46.10 at the Athletic Ireland Micro Meet Event.
The Finn Valley runner who has previously won silver and bronze medals at European Indoors is due on track at around 7pm Irish time on Friday.
Mark isnât the only Donegal member of the Irish squad, Neil Martin has the important role of Covid Officer while Letterkennyâs Teresa McDaid is Ireland Team Manager.
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The head of the Romanian Athletics Federation, Florin Florea, on Wednesday told AGERPRES that the Romanian athletes who are to participate in the European Indoor Athletics Championships for seniors, which will take place between March 4 and 7, in the Polish city of Torun, will be fighting for medals, with our national team aiming to climb the podium. First of all, I want to thank the athletes and coaches for the way they trained during this period because it was not easy. And they already gave us a pleasant surprise because we have a delegation of 15 athletes. This is a very good thing, we also have athletes who have set personal records this winter, which, again, is a very good thing. We also have athletes who are in the top five in Europe, like Andrea Miklos (400 m) and Gabriel Bitan (in length), and it is clear that we are going there to fight for medals. There are other athletes too, who will fight for medals, like Florentina Iusco, Alina Rotaru, Claudia Bo
Ciara Mageean withdraws from European Indoors due to a few setbacks
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Ciara Mageean [file photo].
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CIARA MAGEEAN HAS announced that she is withdrawing from the upcoming European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
In a statement published on her Twitter account, Mageean outlines that she is unable to compete “due to a few setbacks,” having been included in the 24-strong Ireland team that is travelling to Torun for the event from 5-7 March.