THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT for the Irish trio competing in the men’s 5000m heats at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo today.
Darragh McElhinney came closest in the second heat when he finished in 10th position, just out of the top eight bracket that qualified.
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McElhinney finished in a time of 13:42.56, narrowly missing out in a race where the reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the final qualifying place in eighth position.
Andrew Coscoran finished 19th in the same race in a time of 13:56.95, while earlier in the first heat Brian Fay finished 17th in his heat in a time of 13:31.12.
Darragh McElhinney just missed out on a place in the 5,000m final after a 10th-place finish. Andrew Coscoran was 19th as reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the last qualifying spot. 📺Watch the #WorldAthleticsChamps live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player pic.twitter.com/y8Tu2e10a2
“I’m very disappointed to have come so close, I dreamt of coming here and making the final”, McElhinney told RTÉ. “I knew I could come close, I knew I needed to catch a couple of lads who are ahead of me in the rankings. I probably did pip one or two but needed another down the home straight.
“To be honest I ran well and I’d be annoyed if I came here and crashed out and had no authority on the race at all, so I am proud of how I raced. On another day I would have had another 0.2, 0.3 seconds down the home straight and that’s all it was in the end.
“Overall I am disappointed but I can walk away knowing I ran well.”
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McElhinney just misses out on place in 5000m final at World Championships
THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT for the Irish trio competing in the men’s 5000m heats at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo today.
Darragh McElhinney came closest in the second heat when he finished in 10th position, just out of the top eight bracket that qualified.
McElhinney finished in a time of 13:42.56, narrowly missing out in a race where the reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the final qualifying place in eighth position.
Andrew Coscoran finished 19th in the same race in a time of 13:56.95, while earlier in the first heat Brian Fay finished 17th in his heat in a time of 13:31.12.
“I’m very disappointed to have come so close, I dreamt of coming here and making the final”, McElhinney told RTÉ. “I knew I could come close, I knew I needed to catch a couple of lads who are ahead of me in the rankings. I probably did pip one or two but needed another down the home straight.
“To be honest I ran well and I’d be annoyed if I came here and crashed out and had no authority on the race at all, so I am proud of how I raced. On another day I would have had another 0.2, 0.3 seconds down the home straight and that’s all it was in the end.
“Overall I am disappointed but I can walk away knowing I ran well.”
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