European Championships: Sarah Healy finishes fourth in 5,000m final
Irish athlete Sarah Healy finished fourth in the 5,000m final at the European Championships. She expressed disappointment with her performance, citing inexperience in managing the pace of the longer distance race.
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That’s all from me for this evening, thanks for following along.
Toluwabori Akinola and Israel Olatunde are up shortly in the men’s 100m semi-finals (8.32pm and 8.46pm respectively), and then Jack Raftery is in the semi-finals of the men’s 400m at 9.08pm.
And if you want to know when all the Irish athletes are in action across the European Athletics and Aquatic Championships, we’ll be updating our complete guide daily:
[ European Athletics and Swimming Championships: Complete guide to the Irish in action Opens in new window ]
Ian O’Riordan will have a report on all the day’s athletics later tonight, while Michael Scully has all of the day’s news from Paris.
[ Jack Kelly misses out on medal but targets European success in favoured 200m breaststroke on Wednesday Opens in new window ]
Here’s what Sarah Healy had to say to David Gillick after the race:
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