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Ireland’s Mixed 4x400m Relay team of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Chris O’Donnell and Sharlene Mawdsley celebrate after securing qualification from their heat. Morgan Treacy/INPHO

Mageean and Healy through to semis, Irish mixed relay team reaches final

There were impressive performances too from Sophie O’Sullivan and Kate O’Connor.

CIARA MAGEEAN and Sarah Healy both advanced from their heats in the World Championships in Budapest today, while the Irish mixed 4x400m relay team secured a place in this evening’s final with a 3:13.90 season’s best.

The quintet of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell, and Sharlene Mawdsley were celebrating an impressive achievement.

Ireland were seventh in the final leg, but a strong finish from Mawdsley saw them place fourth ultimately, thereby enabling them to qualify as one of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers.

It has been part of a brilliant run of results for the mixed relay team, who also qualified for the final of the competition in Oregon last year, as well as the Olympic final in Tokyo.

The team will compete again later today in the final, which is due to take place at approximately 8.49pm Irish time.

It was a similarly positive start to the day for Healy, who finished third in the second 1500m heat with a time of 4:03.00.

ciara-mageean-celebrates-after-the-race Ciara Mageean pictured after qualifying. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

Down native Mageean also secured a spot in the 1500m semis, crossing in 4:03.52 to finish third in the final heat.

In her first World Championships, Sophie O’Sullivan finished eighth, missing out on progression by two spots.

However, the 21-year-old did achieve a five-second personal best of 4:02.15, gaining invaluable senior experience in the process.

It was a good day for Kate O’Connor, who secured a lifetime best of 13.37 in the 100m hurdles.

The Dundalk St Gerards AC athlete then produced a 1.80m season’s best clearance in the high jump, missing out on her lifetime best by just one centimetre.

The Commonwealth Games silver medallist will be back competing later today for the shot put (6.05pm) and 200m (7.30pm).

Irish shot put record-holder Eric Favors fell just short of advancing with a best of 19.65m, coming 23rd overall.

The Raheny athlete needed to throw a new national record of 20.74m to make this evening’s final.

A thunderstorm caused delays to the schedule at today’s event, with the 20km walk most impacted, forcing a two-hour delay.

There was disappointment in that event for David Kenny, as he had to pull out coming into the final stages.

Day 1 Team Ireland Morning Results Summary

David Kenny – Men’s 20km Race Walk – DNF
Eric Favors – Men’s Shot Put – Qualification – 19.65m
Kate O’Connor – Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles – 13.57 PB
Mixed 4x400m Relay – Round One – 3:13.90 SB q
Kate O’Connor – Women’s Heptathlon High Jump – 1.80m SB
Ciara Mageean – Women’s 1500m – Round One – 4:03.52 Q
Sarah Healy – Women’s 1500m – Round One – 4:03.00 Q
Sophie O’Sullivan – Women’s 1500m – Round One – 4:02.15 PB

Day 1 Evening Session

Nick Griggs – Men’s 1500m – Round One – 18:02
Luke McCann – Men’s 1500m – Round One – 18:11
Andrew Coscoran – Men’s 1500m – Round One – 18:29
Kate O’Connor – Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put – 18:05
Kate O’Connor – Women’s Heptathlon 200m – Heats – 19:30
Mixed 4x400m Relay – Final – 20:49

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    Mute Danny Mike Hennessy
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 7:37 PM

    And Iam one of them.. from Aherlow to Madrid Harps!!

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    Mute Felicia Spells
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 9:58 PM

    That’s the legacy of Fianna Fáil and you still will get idiots that will vote for them

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    Mute Steve M
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 9:59 PM

    Colm Keaveny says they have changed….surly he couldn’t be wrong

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    Mute Jack Strong
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:21 PM

    Of course they will, because their TD’s great-grand-uncle 14 times’ removed handed DeV a glass of water in Boland’s Mill when he asked for a drink. Ironic really seeing as we replaced one monarchy with another…

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:27 PM

    Green Thumb.

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 11:14 PM

    It’s sad to hear but money pays the bills not playing GAA.

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    Mute Plucky Duck
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    Dec 4th 2013, 11:59 AM

    If these guys played for Dublin there would be alot more help available to them…. Anyone else… On your bike lads…!

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    Mute YourAuldLady
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 9:57 PM

    Sad sign of the times. Our club were county champions 2 years ago, of the 30 on the panel 16 have left as no work in the area and 14 of those have left the country.

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    Mute Lad
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:02 PM

    What? What club is that

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    Mute Kevin Beakey
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 8:24 PM

    Ahhhhhhhh come on…….
    any of the 600 gone wouldn’t have stopped Clare winning the all Ireland this year….

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    Mute Tomás Tiernan
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 9:17 PM

    Ridiculous statement!

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    Mute Paul White
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    Dec 4th 2013, 10:12 AM

    Clare ha..one back door all ireland in near twenty year and cocky all ready eh. Not even munster champs…roll on next year.

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    Mute Kevin Beakey
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    Dec 4th 2013, 10:18 AM

    Yea can’t wait back to back all Irelands

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    Mute Dave Dson
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:33 PM

    Incredible that they only went to U.K. ,U.S. and Australia. 100%.
    It was a very narrow-minded group of people.

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:41 PM

    And where did you go to Dave? North Korea? Iraq? Afghanistan?

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:50 PM

    Spoddgy you left out Limerick

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    Mute Dave Dson
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:58 PM

    I am in Budapest. 8 years. Why?
    They may end up joining their armies and end up in Iraq and Afghanistan anyway.
    Why not got to Canada, Germany, New Zealand, The EUA or anywhere in Scandinavia? They all speak English if that is their problem.

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    Mute Padraig Culbert
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    Dec 4th 2013, 11:28 AM

    Listen? Hear it? That’s the yawning sound of ignorance. Mark it well because it is often disguised as informed opinion.

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 9:54 PM

    600 new club members in Dublin gaa?!

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 11:02 PM

    Ever hear a tipp man speaking English …. Ha ha ha here comes the red thumbs…

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    Mute Daddy De La Noche
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    Dec 4th 2013, 2:11 AM

    Anyone who has been to Tipperary will know that emigration is better than a life stuck there, coming from someone who lives here and will be leaving soon.

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    Dec 4th 2013, 1:06 PM

    You will be a major loss… Hope the rest of us can manage without you in the premier county!

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    Mute Richard O'Gorman
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    Dec 3rd 2013, 10:00 PM

    No worries, plenty have arrived to take their places.

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    Dec 4th 2013, 2:02 AM

    Ya mary, more like a spent force!

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    Dec 3rd 2013, 11:52 PM

    Kilkenny on the way back, in force !

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    Dec 4th 2013, 8:02 AM

    The Tipp crowd are no good

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    Dec 4th 2013, 7:58 PM

    GOOD.

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    Dec 4th 2013, 5:44 PM

    Is that all? Lucky they still have 500+ Most counties would be lucky to have 50

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