European athletics reside updates: Mark English wins gold medal, Adeleke wins silver – The Irish Occasions

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European swimming championships

Women’s 50m backstroke ultimate: Danielle Hill finishes eighth

Women’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals: Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry each make ultimate

Men’s 200m breaststroke ultimate: Jack Kelly finishes seventh

European Athletics Championships

Men’s 200m semi-finals: Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawler miss out on ultimate

Men’s 800m ultimate: Mark English wins gold medal

Women’s 200m ultimate: Rhasidat Adeleke wins silver medal

Watch Mark English win gold:


Silver medalist Rhasidat Adeleke of Team Ireland poses for a photo with her national flag. Photograph: Sona Maleterova/Getty
Silver medalist Rhasidat Adeleke of Team Ireland poses for a photograph together with her nationwide flag. Photograph: Sona Maleterova/Getty


Rhasidat Adeleke wins silver within the 200m! 22.28 a nationwide file. Hunt wins in 22.19. She races down Asher-Smith who ran 22.29.

What a run by Adeleke. Superb stuff and a banner evening for Irish athletics. She began properly however was fairly a bit behind Asher-Smith however the 400m talent helped by powering by means of within the ultimate phases. If it was 250m she would have received, however she will likely be delighted with silver.


Will or not it’s two golds tonight for Ireland? We’d definitely take two medals and Rhasidat Adeleke races within the 200m.

  • Boglárka Takacs
  • Success Eduan
  • Gémima Joseph
  • Jael Bestué
  • Rhasidat Adeleke
  • Amy Hunt
  • Dina Asher-Smith
  • Fabienne Hoenke
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Such an excellent race, Mark English! With 5 medals from his earlier 5 European finals, indoors and open air, it was the one color the Donegal athlete is lacking, and he’s achieved it.

Big Irish crowd supporting him, tricolours in all places in Birmingham.


Bloudek leads and goes first and English goes with him with 200 metres left. He’s on the shoulder of Bloudek and he powers previous him. Attaoui tries to problem however English wins!

GOLD FOR MARK ENGLISH!

English runs 1:45.26, Croatia’s Bloudek 1:45.62 in second, Spain’s Attaoui 1:45.71 in third. He turns into the primary Irish man in historical past to win a European Championships gold medal.


English begins the primary 200m within the prime 4 group, on the shoulder of the lead after 400m.


The race is delayed a couple of minutes, about able to go. English in lane 6. Can he match his efficiency of the semi-final the place he broke the championship file?


Ian O’Riordan reviews Britain’s Max Burgin has withdrawn from the 800m, one much less runner for English to consider. He picked up an harm within the warm-up.

Here is the beginning record:

  • Mohamed Attaoui
  • Marino Bloudek
  • Corentin le Clezio
  • Mark English
  • David Barroso
  • Ben Pattison
  • Francesco Pernici

Here is Ian O’Riordan’s preview of Mark English’s race tonight. A giant evening for Irish athletics.

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Ireland’s Mark English celebrates after setting a championship record in the semi-final. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Ireland’s Mark English celebrates after setting a championship file within the semi-final. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Dramatic end on the ladies’s 3,000m steeplechase as Lea Meyer led virtually all the best way, however she fell on the final hurdle, taking her out of the race. Her countrywoman Gesa Krause received the race.


Marcus Lawler finishes eighth in semi-final

Lawler discovered the tempo an excessive amount of as Hughes wins in 20.05. Lawler runs 21.11, he’ll be upset with that. Also Aigboboh received’t make the ultimate as there have been sooner finishers.


The second 200m semi-final options Ireland’s Marcus Lawler.

  • Deniz Kaan Kartal
  • Marcus Lawler
  • Eduardo Longobardi
  • Devlis Santos
  • Kameron Horton
  • Timothé Mumenthaler
  • Zharnel Hughes
  • Henrik Larsson

Sean Aigboboh finishes in fourth place within the semi-final

Desalu wins in 20.08. Aigboboh runs 20.46, his finest run of the season thus far. An outdoors likelihood of creating the ultimate as quickest loser however you by no means know.


It’s time for the 200m semi-finals. The first one options Ireland’s Sean Aigboboh. Here’s the beginning record for the primary of three 200m semi-finals

  • Kenny Emi Tijani-Ajayi
  • Erik Erlandsson
  • Joshua Hartmann
  • Oskars Grava
  • Sean Aigboboh
  • Oguz Uyar
  • Eseosa Fostine Desalu
  • Gediminas Truskauskas

That’s all from me for an hour. Back for the 200m males’s semi-finals in athletics.


Jack Kelly finishes seventh in 200m breaststroke ultimate

It was a strong third 50m, however nonetheless in contact close to the tip, however ran out of steam and finishes seventh.

Britain’s Filip Nowacki wins in 2:07.70. Netherlands’ Caspar Corbeau is second and Luka Mladenovic in third. Kelly swam 2:10.58.


Good begin by Kelly, main after 50 metres and underneath world file tempo. Very quick, can he preserve it? Unlikely, already fifth by 100m.


Next up is the lads’s 200m breaststroke ultimate, the place Jack Kelly takes half.

  • Christian Mantegazza
  • Jack Kelly
  • Caspar Corbeau
  • Filip Nowacki
  • Luka Mladenovic
  • Kirill Prigoda
  • Gregory Butler
  • Lucas Matzerath

McCartney makes the 200m breaststroke ultimate!

She swims 2.24.15 within the a lot sooner semi-final, to get into the ultimate. She joins McSharry there for the ultimate tomorrow. Evgeniia Chikunova laid down a marker with a 2.20.71 time.

Ireland’s Ellie McCartney. Photograph: Andrea Staccioli/Inpho
Ireland’s Ellie McCartney. Photograph: Andrea Staccioli/Inpho

Next up is Ellie McCartney, to see if she will make the ultimate. Start record:

  • Kay-Lyn Lohr
  • Ellie McCartney
  • Kotryna Teterevkova
  • Angharad Evans
  • Evgeniia Chikunova
  • Tes Schouten
  • Lena Ludwig
  • Yana Klikotska

Mona McSharry wins her 200m breaststroke semi-final!

A really easy swim, led all through, though she was pushed by Zmushka and Elendt.

She swims 2.23.53, laid down a marker but in addition extra within the tank with regard her private finest.

Ireland’s Mona McSharry. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli/Inpho
Ireland’s Mona McSharry. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli/Inpho

Mona McSharry is out within the pool for the 200m breaststroke semi-final. Here is the beginning record:

  • Anna Pirovano
  • Clara Rybak-Andersen
  • Alina Zmushka
  • Mona McSharry
  • Anna Elendt
  • Nikoleta Trnikova
  • Lisa Angiolini
  • Jenna Laukkanen

Danielle Hill finishes eighth within the 50m backstroke

Sara Curtis breaks the world file once more 26.56 seconds, one other beautiful swim. Hill finishes final in 27.91.

Moluh second 27.06 for France. Lauren Cox 27.15 for Britain.

Ireland’s Danielle Hill. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli/Inpho
Ireland’s Danielle Hill. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli/Inpho

Hungary’s Kristof Milak wins the 100m butterfly, with Ireland’s Danielle Hill developing subsequent within the pool. Here is the beginning record for the 50m backstroke:

  • Lauren Cox
  • Marrit Steenbergen
  • Mary-Ambre Moluh
  • Sara Curtis
  • Alina Gaifutdinova
  • Tesse Giele
  • Analia Pigree
  • Danielle Hill

Hello and welcome to reside protection of the European athletics and swimming championships in London and Paris respectively. After two medals within the pool final evening, there are extra possibilities for Danielle Hill and Jack Kelly, you would need to say outdoors possibilities although, however you by no means know on the day. It’s a distinct story later in athletics the place Mark English and Rhasidat Adeleke go into their finals among the many quickest qualifiers and may have medals in thoughts within the 800m and 200m. Both races are late begins, properly after 9pm, however properly price tuning in for to see.

European swimming championships

Women’s 50m backstroke ultimate: Danielle Hill (5.36pm)

Women’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals: Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry (6.07pm)

Men’s 200m breaststroke ultimate: Jack Kelly (6.29pm)

European Athletics Championships

Men’s 200m semi-finals: Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawler (8.05pm)

Men’s 800m ultimate: Mark English (9.28pm)

Women’s 200m ultimate: Rhasidat Adeleke (9.50pm)





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