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Allen shines at home, whilst Irish athletes battle in Nanjing

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 24th March). Sarah Healy (UCD AC) , who had memorably won the 3000m at the European  Indoors, was again lining out over the 3000m at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where she finished […]

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Nanjing World Indoor Championships Day Three Japanese Results

60 mH and 110 mH national record holder Shunsuke Izumiya came the closest to medaling on the small Japanese team at the Nanjing World Indoor Championships, taking 4th in the men’s long jump on the final day of competition Sunday. Medalists Mattia Furlani, Wayne Pinnock and Liam Adcock were each only a cm apart, Furlani taking gold with a best jump of 8.30 m. Izumiya was 7 cm off Adcock, jumping a