2022 European Athletics Championships, Munich

Looking at the SBs, Adeleke is ranked 4th in 200m but only 6th in the 400m (and most think 400m is her best event). I know she’s still ran less than 10 times at 400m too

Other Irish with top 8 season bests

Chris O’Donnell 5th

Mark English 8th

Hiko Tonaso 8th

Louise Shanahan 6th

Sarah Healy 5th

mageean’s PB is 4th quickest in the 1,500m too

I know seasons bests aren’t everything. Just posting for info

I really think our national record could be obliterated if they’re all fit and healthy. It’s 3:27.48 (from the 2011 world champs)

Probably need to run 3:24 or so be in with a medal shout

Agree great depth with all our best athletes available for the relay. Every chance of an Irish record.

Excited that we have different athletes in the men's track events from 100 to 10,000 and great opportunities for younger athletes to gain valuable experience.

Most important thing is to have competitive performances over multiple events which I think is very likely.

Dunno what's going on there. Is that timetable incomplete? How can there only be 3 Heats followed by 3 Semi Finals?

She's down on the entry list for the 200m, 400m and 4x400m.

Great run from Olatunde to win his heat in the 100m. 10.19 was the fastest of the qualifiers from the heats, though obviously there will be a number of faster seeded runners. Only 100th off the Irish record and he should be competitive in the semifinals if he can run another time like that.

McCormack going well in the marathon also.

Some finish in the men's marathon from Richard Ringer (GER), unbelievable. Two super races to watch this morning.

Not really tbh. Only if the numbers dictate. If there’s 32 entries in boxing they’re all in the last 32. They might have seeds but if there’s 9 byes in the first round and 4 seeds, the other 5 are drawn at random

The athletics one is really weird. Only a handful of runners knocked out this morning

Excellent marathon races, no sure winner until the last 500m in the womens' and the Ringer's sprint finish to take the men's win in the last 20m was fantastic to watch. McCormack did really well to hold on in the last 5k after the pace increased, half expected her to drop way back but finished strong only 50 sec back from the winner - 7 women within 50 secs tells it all as to how competitive it was.

McCormack was in 9th when we last saw her so I'd say she really rallied, she's got true grit not to fall away completely, she must have been so disappointed when she fell off the lead pack. It was a great championship race, proper racing, as was the mens.

Poor evening for 3 of the 4 Irish. Coscoran did well to get out of the inside and make the final

RTE coverage practically unwatchable with all the ad breaks. Thank the lord for the BBC and VPN's.

Eilish is a great role model for kids - she's super consistent and always runs her heart out.

First of all, your reply is nothing to do with my post

Second of all, piss off

Disappointed that RTE didn't really show Can's break. Once Eilish went for silver there was no denying her, she was so strong - delighted for her. Salpeter should be happy with a bronze so soon after getting a World Marathon bronze. Would've been nice to see more in the mix for silver/bronze.

Very disappointing night for the Irish. Fair play to Coscoran for saving the evening. He was lucky to be in the 2nd Heat, he took that advantage & ran with great maturity.

McGeean 2nd in her heat with a SB.

A very impressive run by Ciara. She looked comfortable and confident leading it out. A medal is well within her reach. Muir and Ennaoui both looked very easy but beyond that i think Ciara has the beaten of the rest.. A disappointing run from Sarah Healy, I thought she’d get through easily in the Top 4. That’s another championship with a poor performance.

Really enjoyed both marathons yesterday, two very exciting finishes with a great sprint from Ringer. Bar Fionnuala and Andrew C it was a disappointing day for the Irish.

Did well to hang on and make the final but I thought she looked spent for the last 50-100m. A medal was always likely to be out of reach anyway but after a long season for her it doesn't look like she'll be in PB territory in the final based on her run in the semi.

Yes, very noticeable that Sarah falls to pieces as soon as she gets to a championship. This is going to be a big problem for her going forward unless she can somehow address it - sounds like it is purely psychological.

Adeleke says she slightly misjudged the last 30m and didn't realise Bolingo was coming up on her right to grab second place - she thought she was going to qualify automatically.

Yes, she's very inexperienced at championship level and is really only used to running fast times on the US college circuit.

It may well be a touch of tiredness too after a long season but she suggests she also misjudged the closing stages of the race.

Unbelievable from Olatunde. Some finish to the line. Delighted for him.

Brilliant from Olatunde. When I saw the blanket finish I thought he was going to break the Irish record and not go through. Much better to not break it and make the final on this occasion.

Will be something different to watch a senior major championship 100m final with an Irish lad in it later tonight.