Timetable for Irish athletes at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing...22nd to 30th Aug 2015

The IAAF World Championships start this coming Saturday in Beijing, China and 16 Irish athletes are taking part. It's unlikely that for most there will be any medals and getting to a final would be an accomplishment in itself. The one exception is Rob Heffernan who is going there to defend his World Championship title which he won in Moscow in 2013.


The time difference between China and Ireland is 7 hours so some events are in the small hours of the morning.

Saturday 22nd of August Day 1

Men’s 400m hurdles heats...Athlete: Thomas Barr (Ferrybank)...Irish time: 11:35am

Sunday 23rd of August  Day 2
Men's 20km Race Walk...Athlete: Alex Wright...Irish time: 1:30am
Men’s 400m hurdles semi-final...Athlete: Thomas Barr...Irish time: 11:40am
Men’s 800m semi-final...Athlete: Mark English...Irish time: 13:15

Monday 24th August Day 3
Women’s pole vault qualification
Athlete: Tori Pena (Finn Valley)...Irish time: 2:30am
Women’s 3,000m steeplechase heats...Athletes: Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle), Sara Treacy (Dunboyne), Michelle Finn (Leevale)...Irish time: 2:45am

Tuesday 25th August Day 4
Men’s 400m hurdles  final...Athlete: Thomas Barr...Irish time: 13:25
Men’s 800m final ...Athlete: Mark English...Irish time: 13:55

Wednesday August 26th Day 5
Women's 800m heats...Athlete: Ciara Everard (UCD)...Irish time: 3:25am
Men’s 110m hurdles heats...Athlete: Ben Reynolds...Irish time: 4:20am
Women’s 200m heats...Athlete: Kelly Proper...Irish time: 12:15pm

Saturday August 29th Day 8
Men’s 50km Race Walk ...Athletes: Robert Hefferan (Togher), Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny), Alex Wright (Leevale) ...Irish time: 00:30
Men’s 4x400m relay heats...Ireland: Thomas Barr, Mark English, Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers), Brian Murphy (Crusaders), Timmy Crowe (Clonliffe Harriers), Richard Morrissey (Crusaders)...Irish time: 3:40am

Sunday August 30th Day 9
Men’s 4x400m final...Irish time: 13:25/local time 20:25

Live Stream......If you can't watch it on TV then there are live streams from YouTube HERE
If the YouTube feed doesn't work, try here... http://www.watchathletics.com/schedule/watchlive/1443

 The World Championship website is here... http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships