Coverage of the Irish Indoor Athletic Championships...

The Irish Indoor Athletic Championships were held last weekend at the new facility in Athlone. Over the two days, some great times were posted on the new indoor track.

In the womens 1500m, European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton put in a great burst of speed 300m from the end of the race to win comfortably in a time of 4:13.96, a new personal best time and almost eight seconds faster than her previous best of 4:21.85. It was also under the qualifying time for the European Indoor Championships in Sweden (4:15) although she is likely to concentrate on the 3000m there.


In the womens 3000m, Lizzie Lee from Leevale AC in Cork took an early lead and held it to the end to win a national title...



In the mens 1500m, John Coghlan who is coached by his father Eamonn took the title...

There is a 55 minute programme now available from the RTE Player service HERE

Athletics Ireland has a gallery of photos HERE

The full results can be seen HERE