European Athletics Championships 2018 - Irish Day 1 Review

Phil Healy Advances in 100m

European Championships

Berlin

Monday August 6th 2018

Athletics Ireland Release - Feidhlim Kelly

Healy hits the Ground Running in Berlin

Phil Healy (Bandon AC) hit the ground running in Berlin, to advance to the semi-finals of the 100m, at the European Athletics Championships, finishing second in 11.44 today, August 6th

Healy was happy with her performance, and came through strongly in heat 3, to finish second, and qualify automatically.

“That’s the box ticked and I’m looking forward to the semi-finals tomorrow,” said Healy.

Gina Akpe-Moses (Blackrock-Louth) was fourth in heat 1 of the 100m, in 11.63, and just missed out on making the semi-finals, by 0.02 seconds.

“I’m happy with my run and how I performed,” said Akpe-Moses after her first senior international championship. “I wasn’t happy with the time but I was good out of the blocks and ran well.”

Adam McMullen (Crusaders) was unable to advance to the men’s long jump final, recording a best of 7.47m, which left him 13th in Group B, and 25th overall.

“I’m disappointed with that,” said McMullen afterwards. He has been making changes in order to advance to the next level. “My speed has improved, but I couldn’t get it right on the runway today.”

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Irish Athletes Schedule - Day 2 - Tuesday August 7th

Tuesday	August 7th	- AM	Irish Time	Venue Time	Athlete	Club	Event
			07:35	08:35	Brendan Boyce	Finn Valley	50k Race Walk Final
			09:35	10:35	Chris O'Donnell	North Sligo	400m Heats
			10:05	11:05	Claire Mooney	UCD	800m Heats
			10:05	11:05	Siofra Cléirigh-Buttner	DSD	800m Heats

Tuesday	August 7th	- PM	Irish Time	Venue Time	Athlete	Club	Event
			18:05	19:05	Phil Healy	Bandon	100m Semi-final
			18:45	19:45	Thomas Barr	Ferrybank	400m hurdles Semi-final
			19:20	20:20	Stephen Scullion	Clonliffe Harriers	10,000m Final
			20:30	21:30	Phil Healy	Bandon	100m Final