Travers alongside his record. James Crombie / INPHO
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JOHN TRAVERS BECAME the first Irish athlete to run a mile under four minutes indoors in Ireland last night.
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The 26-year-old Dubliner, a member of Donore Harriers, recorded a time of 3:59.40 in the men’s mile race to finish third at the AIT International Grand Prix in Athlone.
Australia’s Ryan Gregson won the event, coming home in 3:57.86, while Grzeforz Kalinowski of Poland claimed second, but it was Travers who earned the applause from the sell-out crowd.
Meanwhile, Irish Olympian Thomas Barr came from behind to clinch the final of the men’s 400m — overcoming Victor-Ricardo Dos Santos of Potugal and Great Britain’s Seb Rodger.
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Irish athlete runs sub-four-minute mile indoors on home soil for the first time
JOHN TRAVERS BECAME the first Irish athlete to run a mile under four minutes indoors in Ireland last night.
The 26-year-old Dubliner, a member of Donore Harriers, recorded a time of 3:59.40 in the men’s mile race to finish third at the AIT International Grand Prix in Athlone.
Australia’s Ryan Gregson won the event, coming home in 3:57.86, while Grzeforz Kalinowski of Poland claimed second, but it was Travers who earned the applause from the sell-out crowd.
Meanwhile, Irish Olympian Thomas Barr came from behind to clinch the final of the men’s 400m — overcoming Victor-Ricardo Dos Santos of Potugal and Great Britain’s Seb Rodger.
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