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Irish Examiner
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Local heroes Healy and Tuthill lead the Irish charge at Cork City Sports
There had been lingering uncertainty in recent times as to the future of the Cork City Sports, but that great cornerstone of Irish athletics is once again back on its marks for its 71st edition at the MTU Athletics Stadium this evening. Among the Olympians leading the home charge are Cork athletes Phil Healy and Nicola Tuthill, while Eric Favors, Cathal Doyle and Marcus Lawler will also be hoping to impress as they look towards the Tokyo World Championships in September. The men's 100m is one of the stronger events, featuring four men who have run 10.1 seconds, among them Irish record holder Israel Olatunde. The 23-year-old has a best this year of 10.23 and will be looking to edge closer to his national record of 10.12 in Cork. Olatunde moved to Florida last year to train with Olympic champion Noah Lyles and after a sub-par indoor season, he's been shifting through the gears this summer. Lawler, an Olympian in Tokyo, will look to challenge his 100m PB of 10.28. USA's Coby Hilton, a semi-finalist at the World Indoors this year, is among his in-form opponents, having run 10.24 recently. Japan's Ippei Takeda, who recently ran 10.23, will also feature, along with Australia's Caleb Law, a 10.17 man at his best, and Ian Kerr of the Bahamas, who's run 10.14. Healy will attempt a sprint double and in the 100m, she and fellow Cork sprinter Lucy-May Sleeman will face Cecilia Tamayo Garza, who has a wind-aided best of 11.10 and who set the Mexican 200m record of 22.45 back in 2023. Also in the field is Britain's Mabel Akande, who has run 11.27, and Nigeria's Knowledge Omovoh, who has a best of 11.26. Nicola Tuthill will have lots of support in the women's hammer and the Bandon athlete has been in outstanding form of late, smashing her Irish U-23 record with 71.71m in Finland. She will take on Australia's Lauren Bruce, Norway's Beatrice Llano and Estonia's Anna Maria Ceh, who have all thrown over 73 metres. The men's 3000m features Australia's Stewart McSweyn, who has a blazing personal best of 7:28.02. The Irish challenge is led by rising star Nick Griggs, the former European U-20 champion who will look to challenge his Irish U-23 record of 7:36.59. Having been ruled out for several months this year due to an infection in his knee, the 20-year-old came back to racing with a bang last month, clocking a 3:55.97 mile in Belfast. Cathal Doyle will drop down to 800m and test his speed against international rivals, including British duo Thomas Randolph and Henry Jonas, who have both run 1:44. Cian McPhillips will be a strong contender for the Irish, the Longford athlete clocking 1:45.33 indoors back in February and opening his outdoor season with a third-placed finish at the recent European Team Championships. The men's mile features several athletes who have run below 3:55, including Australia's Matthew Ramsden who has a best of 3:51.23, and Ronan McMahon-Staggs, who grew up in California but switched his allegiance to Ireland in 2023. He ran a mile in 3:51.85 in Seattle earlier this year, where he studies at the University of Washington. There will be lots of support behind Leevale's Charlie O'Donovan, who clocked a mile best of 3:56.96 in May, while James Gormley, a 3:53.70 miler, should also feature strongly for the home contingent. The action begins at 5.30pm with the women's hammer and concludes with the men's mile at 9pm. Tickets are available on Eventbrite from €17 for adults, €11.70 for students and OAP's, with free ground admission for U-12s. It will be live streamed on European Athletics' YouTube channel.
Irish Times
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Sarah Healy wins 1,500m at Diamond League in Rome
Sarah Healy produced a magnificent finishing kick to win the 1,500 metres at the Rome Diamond League meeting on Friday night. Just like she did in winning the European Indoor title over 3,000m last March, Healy bided her time over the last 150 metres, holding third coming into the homestretch behind leader Susan Ejore from Kenya, and Australia's Sarah Billings. Just when Billings moved in front and looked poised for victory, Healy came again and took the win in 3:59.17, a rare Irish victory on the Diamond League stage inside the Stadio Olimpico. Billings held on for second in 3:59.24, with fellow Australian Abbey Caldwell coming through for third in 3:59.32. It was Healy's first outdoor 1,500m race this season, the 24-year-old already improving her 3,000m best to 8:27.02 in finishing third in the Rabat Diamond League 10 days ago. READ MORE In a stacked field of 15 women, 13 of which had run sub-4:00, Healy again showed her growing confidence since her indoor success in March, which she followed with a sixth-place finish in the World Indoors. She will race the 1,500m again in Paris on June 20th. Her best stands at 3:57.46, run at the Paris Diamond League last July, which looks under threat, as does Ciara Mageean's Irish record of 3:55.87, clocked in Brussels in 2023. Cathal Doyle ran a lifetime best of 3:32.15 in the men's 1,500m earlier in the night, although that left him back in 14th place, where the 16 finishers all ran sub-3:33. Victory went to Azeddine Habz from France, in a season best of 3:29.72, ahead of Kenya's 2019 World champion Cheruiyot Timothy, who clocked 3:39.75. It took a full second off Doyle's previous best of 3:33.15 set last year, the Dublin athlete moving closer to qualification for the World Championships in Tokyo in September. Kenya's Beatrice Chebet, the double Olympic champion from Paris last summer, produced another stellar run to clock the second fastest 5,000m time in history with her 14:03.69, just two and half seconds outside the world record.
