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The European Athletics Championships are going down this week in Birmingham whereas the European Aquatics Championships are being held in Paris. Below is a day-by-day information to the Irish athletes participating at each meets, which we’ll replace every day with outcomes and development info.
You can watch reside protection of each championships on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.
Day one (Monday, August tenth)
Athletics
Morning session
Women’s 100m heats: Ciara Neville (certified for semi-final), Lauren Roy (didn’t progress)
Men’s 400m heats: Jack Raftery (certified for semi-final)
Men’s 800m heats: Mark English (certified for semi-final), Cian McPhillips (DNP)
Men’s shot put qualification: Eric Favors (certified for last)
Evening session
Women’s hammer throw qualification: Nicola Tuthill (7.10pm)
Women’s 100m hurdles: Sarah Lavin (7.42pm)
Women’s 100m semi-final: Ciara Neville (8.18pm)
Men’s shot put last: Eric Favors (8.33pm)
Men’s 5,000m: Brian Fay, Nick Griggs, Darragh McElhinney (8.40pm)
Women’s 3,000m steeplechase qualification: Abbie Sheridan (9pm)
Swimming
Morning session
Women’s 100m freestyle heats: Grace Davison (twenty second; DNP), Rosalie Phelan (thirty fourth; DNP), Victoria Catterson (thirty seventh; DNP), Danielle Farrell (forty first, 55.96; DNP)
Women’s 200m backstroke heats: Lottie Cullen (sixteenth; certified for semi-final)
Men’s 50m butterfly heats: Matthew Hamilton (sixty fourth; DNP)
Men’s 100m breaststroke heats: Jack Kelly (4th; certified for semi-final), Darragh Greene (twenty sixth; DNP), Eoin Corby (thirty seventh; DNP), Adam Bradley (forty eighth; DNP)
Men’s 400m IM heats: Liam Custer (seventeenth; DNP)
Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay heats: Evan Bailey, John Shortt, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen (eleventh; DNP)
Evening session
Women’s 200m backstroke semi-finals: Lottie Cullen (twelfth; DNP)
Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals: Jack Kelly (2nd; certified for last)
Day two (Tuesday, August eleventh)
Athletics
Morning session
Men’s 100m heats: Israel Olatunde, Toluwabori Akinola (11.22am)
Evening session
Women’s 5,000m: Sarah Healy (7.25pm)
Men’s 400m semi-final: Jack Raftery (9.08pm)
Swimming
Women’s 50m butterfly heats: Ellen Walshe, Rosalie Phelan, Alana Burns-Atkin
Men’s 100m freestyle heats: Evan Bailey, Matthew Hamilton
Women’s 100m breaststroke heats: Mona McSharry, Ellie McCartney
Men’s 200m backstroke heats: John Shortt
Men’s 800m freestyle heats: Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen, Liam Custer
Evening session
Men’s 100m breaststroke last: Jack Kelly (5.48pm)
Day three (Wednesday, August twelfth)
Athletics

Women’s 400m heats: Sophie Becker (11.05am)
Women’s 200m heats: Rhasidat Adeleke, Lauren Roy (11.40am)
Men’s 800m semi-final: Mark English (12.20pm)
Swimming
Women’s 200m freestyle heats: Danielle Farrell, Grace Davison, Victoria Catterson
Men’s 100m butterfly heats: Matthew Hamilton, Jacob Armon
Women’s 50m backstroke heats: Lottie Cullen, Danielle Hill
Men’s 200m breaststroke heats: Jack Kelly, Eoin Corby
Women’s 400m IM heats: Ellen Walshe
Day 4 (Thursday, August thirteenth)
Athletics
Men’s 200m heats: Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawler (11.05am)
Swimming
Men’s 200m freestyle heats: Evan Bailey, Denis O’Brien, Cormac Rynn, Liam Custer
Women’s 100m butterfly heats: Alana Burns-Atkin
Men’s 50m backstroke heats: John Shortt
Women’s 200m breaststroke heats: Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry
Day 5 (Friday, August 14th)
Athletics
Morning session
Women’s heptathlon, 100m hurdles: Kate O’Connor (10.35am)
Men’s 4x400m relay heats: Team TBC – Ciaran Carthy, Alex Cullen, Fintan Dewhirst, Sean Doggett, Joe Doody, Andrew Egan, Darragh Murphy, Jack Raftery (11.05am)
Women’s heptathlon, excessive bounce: Kate O’Connor (11.25am)
Women’s 4x400m relay heats: Team TBC – Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Jenna Breen, Arlene Crossan, Michelle Duggan, Cliodhna Manning (11.35am)
Men’s 1,500m heats: Andrew Coscoran, Cathal Doyle (12.05pm)
Evening session
Women’s heptathlon, shot put: Kate O’Connor (7.35pm)
Women’s 10,000m: Niamh Allen, Fiona Everard (7.45pm)
Women’s heptathlon, 200m: Kate O’Connor (8.55pm)
Swimming

Women’s 50m freestyle heats: Rosalie Phelan
Men’s 50m breaststroke heats: Adam Bradley, Eoin Corby, Darragh Greene, Jack Kelly
Women’s 100m backstroke heats: Lottie Cullen, Grace Davison, Danielle Hill
Men’s 200m butterfly heats: Jack Cassin, Liam Custer
Women’s 200m IM heats: Ellen Walshe, Ellie McCartney
Men’s 1,500m freestyle heats: Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen
Day six (Saturday, August fifteenth)
Athletics
Morning session
Men’s half-marathon race stroll: David Kenny, Oisin Lane (7.30am)
Women’s heptathlon, lengthy bounce: Kate O’Connor (10.25am)
Women’s heptathlon, javelin: Kate O’Connor (11.55am)
Women’s 1,500m heats: Sarah Healy, Sophie O’Sullivan, Jodie McCann (12.15pm)
Women’s 4x100m relay heats: Team TBC – Katie Bergin, Sarah Leahy, Ciara Neville, Mollie O’Reilly, Lauren Roy, Molly Scott, Lucy-May Sleeman (12.40pm)
Men’s 4x100m relay heats: Sean Aigboboh, Toluwabori Akinola, Dubem Amah, Lucas Fadden, Marcus Lawler, Ryan Mulholland, Israel Olatunde, Mark Smyth (1pm)
Evening session
Women’s heptathlon, 800m: Kate O’Connor (7.45pm)
Men’s 10,000m: Jack O’Leary (8.25pm)
Swimming
Men’s 50m freestyle heats: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton
Women’s 200m butterfly heats: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin
Men’s 100m backstroke heats: John Shortt
Women’s 50m breaststroke heats: Mona McSharry
Men’s 200m IM heats: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer
Day seven (Sunday, August sixteenth)
Athletics
Women’s marathon: Fionnuala McCormacokay (7.30am)
Men’s marathon: Paul O’Donnell, Ryan Creech, David McGlynn (8.10am)
Swimming
Men’s 400m freestyle heats: Denis O’Brien, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen
Women’s 4x100m medley relay heats
Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats
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