Sunday, 7 March 2021
Mondo Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yaroslava Mahuchikh, three of the world’s finest young athletes, provided the European Athletics Indoor Championships with a golden finale in Torun.
Duplantis, as expected, added the European Indoor pole vault title to his rapidly growing list of achievements in an Arena without spectators other than enthusiastic fellow athletes and officials.
The 20-year-old Swede required just three first-time clearances, the highest of which was 5.85 metres, before going on to set a Championship record of 6.05m and then taking three tilts - one of them close - at adding a centimetre to his own world record of 6.18m.
Updated / Sunday, 7 Mar 2021
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There was no medal to celebrate for Phil Healy in the final of the 400 metres at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland.
Some satisfaction for the Cork athlete, though, in setting a PB of 51.94.
In a field stacked of talented runners. Healy pushed hard in the final 100 metres, but was just two tenths of a second short in making the podium. It s a European final, it s a PB, it s a fourth place, was Healy s summation of her third run at these championships when speaking to RTÉ Sport. Getting to a final is bonus territory. It s my third run since yesterday morning. I m buzzing from that performance in a world-class field.
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There were tears in the studio and doubtless tears at home, too, as the legendary long-distance runner was remembered this evening. By Gavan Casey Friday 5 Mar 2021, 7:58 PM Mar 5th 2021, 7:58 PM 14,714 Views 6 Comments
Jerry Kiernan (1953-2021) celebrating winning the 1982 Dublin Marathon.
Jerry Kiernan (1953-2021) celebrating winning the 1982 Dublin Marathon.
RTÉ’S FIRST LIVE athletics broadcast without the inimitable Jerry Kiernan on its panel was always likely to hit home, both for his former colleagues and students in the studio for tonight’s European Athletics Indoor Championships coverage and those of us tuning in to watch it from the couch.