The European Athletics Championships kick off today and finish up on Sunday, in Amsterdam. Ireland are well represented and these championships and Dunboyne AC interests will be fixed on Sara Treacy who takes on the 3000m Steeplechase along with fellow Rio qualifiers Michelle Finn and Kerry O’Flaherty.
Sara’s heat is on Friday at 12:30pm Irish time and the final takes place on Sunday at 4:35pm Irish time.
The full schedule with details of all Irish involvement is available on the Athletics Ireland website, here – http://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/european-championships-timetable-irish-athletes
Women’s Steeplechase field p. 25 to p. 27 – http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/94/24/5Jul16Women_Neutral.pdf
The championships will be broadcast on RTE and Eurosport throughout the week, and will be streamed live on http://www.european-athletics.org/ and http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/
Also, in addition to just competing, Sara will be vlogging on her experiences at the Championship for the European Athletics, the first episode is already up here – https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics/?fref=ts Just scroll down to Tuesday’s posts and follow them on Facebook to keep up to date on her time in Amsterdam.
Best of luck to Sara from all in Dunboyne AC!
[With thanks to Sportsfile for this photo]
