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Doggett bows out at 400m semi-final stage, Ndudi finishes sixth in long jump final

Fintan Dewhirst, meanwhile, progressed to Friday’s 400m hurdles semis with an excellent display in his heat.

LAST UPDATE | 29 Aug

SEÁN DOGGETT FINISHED in seventh place in his 400m semi-final at the World U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, missing out on a place in the final.

The 17-year-old clocked 50.33 seconds in his semi and will settle for a top-24 finish in the world.

Athenry Athletic Club’s Doggett, among the younger competitors in the field, earlier ran a superb 47.31 in his heat to progress to tonight’s final.

Fintan Dewhirst progressed to the penultimate stage of the 400m hurdles earlier on Wednesday evening, also finishing second in his heat.

Dewhirst’s 400m hurdles peer David Davitt, however, narrowly missed out after a fourth-place finish in his own heat.

The Tír Chonaill AC man, who was the European U18 silver medallist from 2022, clocked 52.39 to to reach Friday morning’s semi-finals (10:15am).

A heat earlier than Dewhirst’s, David Davitt of Clonliffe Harriers AC clocked an impressive 52.51 for fourth, but it ultimately wasn’t enough to earn one of the non-automatic qualifying spots for the semis.

There was disappointment but valuable experience, too, for Lughaidh Mallon on Wednesday night: the Lagan Valley AC man finished ninth in his heat of the 1500m, coming home in 3:48.69.

Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dubli AC) was in action in the Women’s Long Jump final in Lima and finished sixth last night.

The 19-year-old jumped a best of 6.18m as she made the final in her global championship debut.

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