Timetable for Irish athletes at the World Indoor Championships in Poland...Fri 7th-Sun 9th Mar 2014

The World Indoor Athletic Championships take place next weekend in Sopot, Poland. The competition starts on Friday the 7th and concludes on Sunday the 9th of March.

A total of 5 Irish athletes will be taking part and all of them are in action on Friday. While it is highly unlikely that there will be any medals won by the Irish athletes,  just getting to the final of a world championship event would be seen as an accomplishment in itself.


This is the list of Irish athletes taking part broken down by their...
Athlete number...Name...Discipline...Date of Birth...Personal best....Seasons best

696...Ciara EVERARD...800m...10 Jul 90...2:02.54...2:04.02
698...Roseanne GALLIGAN...800m...09 Dec 87...2:00.58... o 2:03.69
Friday 13:00 Polish time    12:00 Irish time W 800m   Heats

699...Claire TARPLEE...1500m...22 Sep 88...4:11.35...o 4:14.61
Friday 19:35 Polish Time  18:35 Irish time  W 1500m  Heats

235...Mark ENGLISH...800m...18 Mar 93...1:44.84...o 1:46.82
Friday 13:30 Polish Time  12:30 Irish Time  M 800m  Heats

David McCarthy of West Waterford AC has qualified for two events but will only take part in the 1500m.
236...David MCCARTHY...1500m...03 Aug 88...3:39.14...3:39.14
Friday 12:25 Polish Time 11:25 M 1500m...Heats
236...David McCarthy...3000m...03 Aug 88...7:51.24...7:54.39
Friday 20:25 Polish Time 19:25 M 3000m Heats

The World Indoor Championships will be covered on BBC and EuroSport.

Athletics Ireland announce Irish team for World Indoor Championships in Poland in March

Athletics Ireland has just announced the Irish team that will travel to Sopot in Poland for the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships from the 7th to the 9th of March 2014.

They are...
Amy Foster* 60m (City of Lisburn AC)
Mark English 800m (UCD A.C) 
Rose-Anne Galligan 800m (Newbridge A.C) 
Ciara Everard 800m (UCD A.C)
David McCarthy 1500m (West Waterford A.C) 
Claire Tarplee 1500m (DSD A.C)

* Amy Foster has decided not to compete at the World Indoor Championships in order to focus on the Commonwealth Games.