Irish Results from the 2018 Amsterdam Marathon

The Amsterdam Marathon is one of fastest courses in Europe and it was held last weekend. As always, there were a lot of Irish runners in amongst the 12137 finishers.

Pat O'Connor of Eagle AC & Trevor Cummins of Ballymore Cobh AC... both under 2h 50m in Amsterdam

These are the Irish results for men under 3 hours and women under 3h 30m.

POS    NAME         BIB    M/F    CITY    CATEGORY    GUN TIME    CHIP TIME    CLUB
151    Eugene McCarthy        885    M    Macroom    M50 02:42:29    02:42:03
170    Ben McIntyre        633    M    Sale    M35 02:44:14    02:43:34
191    Gearoid Hynes        621    M    Rosscahill    M35 02:45:44    02:45:11
198    Culan O'Meara        630    M    Galway    M40 02:46:05    02:45:32
261    Pat O’ Connor        681    M    Cork    M50 02:49:11    02:48:59
263    Trevor Cummins        1099    M    Cobh    M35 02:49:18    02:48:52
267    Seán Fox        552    M    Ashbourne    M40 02:49:37    02:49:30
286    Derek Saville        710    M    dublin    M40 02:50:35    02:50:13
309    Sean Cleere        890    M    kilkenny    M35 02:51:49    02:51:29
335    JOHN GUIRY        851    M    WATERFORD    M40 02:52:59    02:52:36
451    Michael Smyth        567    M    Dublin    M40 02:56:33    02:55:04
470    Jonathan McCaffrey    928    M    Solna    M40 02:57:07    02:55:58
521    Tony O'Connor        940    M    Galway    M40 02:58:11    02:57:37
653    Colm O Connor        891    M    Glanmire    M35 03:00:19    02:59:11
654    Salvatore Colella    1334    M    Dublin    M40 03:00:19    02:59:40
673    David Keaney        1042    M    Galway City    M45 03:00:36    02:59:47
689    John Smyth        1668    M    Paris    Msen 03:00:49    02:59:13

694    Neasa De Burca        1304    F    41    Galway    V40 03:00:52    03:00:03
1310    Jacqueline O'connor    2615    F    96    London    V40 03:15:49    03:13:40
1539    Gillian Bogan        2500    F    115    Galway    V35 03:19:55    03:12:22
1717    Sinead Murray        4681    F    134    Dublin    Vsen 03:22:26    03:21:28
1962    Joanne O'Boyle        2501    F    157    Galway    V35 03:26:08    03:18:35
2233    Nicola Lynch        4752    F    184    Hatfield Vsen 03:29:56    03:27:09

Full results... https://results.sporthive.com/events/6457579627025192192/races/446288

Cork athlete Michelle Finn finishes 7th in European 3000m Steeplechase final

Cork athlete Michelle Finn was the fastest of the three Irish women in the final of the 3000m steeplechase at the European Athletic Championships in Amsterdam today. After a very strong last lap, Michelle finished in 7th place in a new personal best time of 9m 43.19s. Sara Treacy was just behind in 7th with Kerry O'Flaherty in 12th. Just getting to a European final was a major achievement for the trio but finishing so high up is really something special.

Video of the race...


Interview with Will Downing...


Photo Credit : Kieran Carlin

Ciara Mageean wins Bronze in the 1500m at the European Athletics Championships

After a few years of injury, Ciara Mageean from Partoferry in Co.Down was in action today in the final of the womens 1500m at the European Athletics Championships. In what was a slow tactical race, Ciara put in a blistering final 100m to pass others to take the Bronze medal.

Ciara Mageean's lung-busting run to clinch bronze (and very nearly silver) at the European Championships. #RTEsporthttps://t.co/qw4H51jjcN

— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) July 10, 2016

She is now clearly one of the top European 1500m athletes and still only 24 years old. What a talent!

Full race...


Post race interview with Will Downing...

Irish Medallists at the European Athletics Championships...
1958 Ronnie Delany BRONZE 1500m
1969 Frank Murphy SILVER 1500m
1978 Eamonn Coghlan SILVER 1500m
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan GOLD 3000m
1998 Sonia O'Sullivan GOLD 10,000m
1998 Sonia O'Sullivan GOLD 5000m
1998 Mark Carroll BRONZE 5000m
2002 Sonia O'Sullivan SILVER 5000m
2002 Sonia O'Sullivan SILVER 10,000m
2006 Derval O’Rourke SILVER 100m Hurdles
2010 Derval O’Rourke SILVER 100m Hurdles
2010 Robert Heffernan BRONZE 20km Walk
2014 Mark English BRONZE 800m
2016 Ciara Mageean BRONZE 1500m

Claire McCarthy is the first Irish woman home in the European Half-Marathon Championships

In the European Half-Marathon Championships in Amsterdam today, Claire McCarthy of Leevale AC in Cork finished in a time of 1h 16m 02s. While Claire's time was slightly slower than her PB of 1:15:18 which was set in Barcelona last February, the conditions today were warm and humid which made running more difficult.

The second Irish woman home was Gladys Ganiel O'Neill in a time of 1:18:06.

Full results

Irish athletes through to finals in European Athletics Championships

Cork athlete Michelle Finn was in action today in the womens 3000m steeplchase race at the European Athletic Championships in Amsterdam. After staying out of trouble in the early stages, Michelle came though take fourth place in a seasons best time to qualify for the final on Sunday.

In the other heat, Sara Treacy and Kerry Flaherty both ran personal best times to get to the final as well.

The 3000m final is on Sunday at 3:15pm Irish time.

In the qualifying rounds of the womens 1500m, Ciara Mageean finished third to get through to the final on Sunday.

After getting boxed in during the race, she had a strong finish in the home straight.

Ciara who is from Portaferry in Co.Down is one of Ireland's best track athletes and the final of the 1500m is on Sunday at 3:45pm.

Michelle Finn from Cork on the left staying out of trouble in the women's 3000m Steeplechase

Will Downing interviews...

Ciara Mageean...


Michelle Finn...

Coverage of the European Athletics Championships...Wed 6th to Sun 10th July

The European Athletic Championships start today Wednesday the 6th of July in Amsterdam and runs until Sunday the 10th of July. Athletics Ireland have a full list of Irish competitors HERE but these are some of the ones to watch out for.....

Coverage on RTE 2 TV (Irish Time)...
WEDNESDAY JULY 6...15.30 – 18.45 .......6pm Fionnuala McCormack in the 10,000m

THURSDAY JULY 7...14.30 – 19.00

FRIDAY JULY 8...16.30 – 20.55 .....12:30pm Michelle Finn, Sara Treacy & Kerry O'Flaherty in the 3000m steeplechase.....5:15pm Ciara Mageean in Round 1 of the 1500m....

SATURDAY JULY 9...18.00 – 21.10

SUNDAY JULY 10...08.15 – 10.00 & 15.45 – 18.25 .........8:30am Claire McCarthy & Gladys Ganiel in the Half-Marathon, 8:50am Mark Hanrahan, Sergiu Ciobanu, Paul Pollock, Kevin Seaward, Gary Murray & Mick Clohisey.....3:15pm Michelle Finn, Sara Treacy & Kerry O'Flaherty in the final of the 3000m steeplechase.

The link for the events and results is HERE

The live stream link is HERE     ...Remember, Amsterdam is one hour ahead.

One to watch : Ciara Mageean in the womens 1500m.

David McCarthy wins 1500m race at Amsterdam Open & Flame Games...31st Aug 2013

At the Amsterdam Open & Flame Games on Saturday (31st Aug 2013), David McCarthy of West Waterford AC won the mens 1500m in a time of 3:42.25.

 Other Irish athletes in action at the same meet....
Mens 100m...6th...Lane 2 SCOTT Gary        IRL    SEN    12.08   

Mens 200m...2nd...Lane 8 COLVERT Steven        IRL    SEN    21.13

Womens 400m...3rd...Lane 3 CANNON Shauna        IRL    SEN    56.59

Womens 200m...
2nd...Lane 4 CANNON Shauna        IRL    SEN    24.90   
3rd...Lane 7 MCCALLION Ciara        IRL    SEN    25.16