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LAST UPDATE | 27 Aug 2023
IRELAND’S 4x400m RELAY team finished eighth in their final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
The team of Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC), Roisin Harrison (Emerald AC), Kelly McGrory (Tír Chonaill AC) and Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) clocked a time of 3:27.08.
They qualified by finishing 4th in the second of yesterday evening’s heats, securing one of the fastest non-automatic qualifier places with a time of 3:26.18, an achievement of note after Rhasidat Adeleke’s withdrawal due to injury concerns.
Mawdsley, who took to the track for her sixth 400m of the week, spoke of her pride in the performance after the race.
She said: “I’m so proud of this team. We ran our hearts out over the last two days, and we’ve finished with a top eight finish. We can’t thank the Irish support enough, it’s been amazing. We felt like we were locals stepping out onto the track and every cheer really drove us on so thanks so much to everyone for the support”.
The Netherlands won gold, just pipping Jamaica who got silver.
𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃! 🥇
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) August 27, 2023
An unbelievable anchor leg from Femke Bol secures another gold medal for her and Netherlands at World Athletics Championships! 🇳🇱
Ireland finish 8th in the world after another great performance! ☘️#TeamIreland #WorldAthleticsChamps #Budapest2023 pic.twitter.com/81Ylew09SS
In a thrilling race the Dutch 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol made up extraordinary ground in the home straight to pip Jamaica to the gold medal. Great Britain took bronze.
It was redemption for Bol, who fell within metres of the line in the 4x400m mixed relay last weekend, dropping the baton over the finish line.
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Mary Robinson is an amazing woman…and she’s there because of the influential people and countries that ‘do’ listen to her and….
That is why she does what others find excuses not to do!
Mary helps the less fortunate..we could do with her extraordinary positive intelligence right about now
I hope she can bring help to the situation. Its scary to think that a number greater than the population of Ireland is under the malnutrition line…
Waste of time and money!
Dont they realize the international community is really not that interested.
Shut up, idiot.
Gud ol Mary glory hunting as usual, she was stuck in d middle of d queens visit tho it was the president that organised it n now she’s glory hunting again. Worst president we Ever had.
I tend to agree with u, Randy. I always got the impression that she was self serving. She’s a “champagne socialist”. Didn’t she & her father object to a site that was to be devoted to travellers in Mayo years ago. The site happened to be near her Dad’s home. Eamon Dunphy was right about her all along – “official Ireland”. A real Not In My Back Yard. The problems in the Horn Of Africa are dreadful & it is wrong to see people suffer. Let’s hope international aid will come to help them. However – I feel the world doesn’t need a self serving person like her to make us all aware. She got extremely well paid when President & is in receipt of a very handsome pension. She hasn’t taken a cut voluntarily to help out our own country. So, Randy – u are right. The worst president – ever.
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