Ireland Team For Oregon World Championships
Ireland is sending a team of 19 athletes for the upcoming World Championships in Oregon. Ciara Mageean, Phil Healy and Fionnuala McCormack have withdrawn to focus instead on the European Championships in Munich.
The most exciting athlete is 19-year-old Rhasidat Adekele as she qualified for both the 200m and 400m but she will concentrate on the 400m only. Her range of distances from 60m up to 400m is impressive and she still does not train specifically for 400m so when she begins to focus on that distance she could run some special times. She will also be an asset to our future 4x400m women's and mixed relay teams on the road to Paris 2024.
Apart from that, it is probably going to be a very low-key world championships for Ireland but I am excited to see how Dave Kenny performs in the 20km walk.
As per usual, Ireland will have absolutely no representatives in field events.
Men's 400m
Chris O'Donnell
Men's 800m
Mark English
Men's 1500m
Andrew Coscoran
Men's 400m Hurdles
Thomas Barr
Men's 20km Walk
David Kenny
Men's 35km Walk
Brendan Boyce
Women's 400m
Rhasidat Adeleke
Women's 400m
Sophie Becker
Women's 800m
Louise Shanahan
Women's 1500m
Sarah Healy
Women's 100m Hurdles
Sarah Lavin
Women's 4x100m Relay
Rhasidat Adeleke, Molly Scott, Sarah Lavin, Joan Healy, Sarah Leahy, Lauren Roy, Adeyemi Talabi
Mixed 4x400m Relay
Chris O'Donnell, Jack Raftery, Luke Lennon-Ford, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Sharlene Mawdsley