European Athletics and Swimming Championships: Complete guide to the Irish in action

At the halfway mark to LA, Irish athletes have medals on their minds in Birmingham and Paris

Andrew Coscoran celebrates winning a bronze in the men's 1,500m on Saturday night. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Andrew Coscoran celebrates winning a bronze in the men's 1,500m on Saturday night. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

The European Athletics Championships are taking place this week in Birmingham while the European Aquatics Championships are being held in Paris. Below is a day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes taking part at both meets, which we will update each day with results and progression information. You can watch live coverage of both championships on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

Medal count

Gold x4: Ellen Walshe (Women’s 400m individual medley, Women’s 200m individual medley); Kate O’Connor (Women’s heptathlon); Mark English (Men’s 800m)

Silver x2: Mona McSharry (Women’s 100m breaststroke); Rhasidat Adeleke (Women’s 200m)

Bronze x3: Mona McSharry (Women’s 200m breaststroke, Women’s 50m breaststroke); Andrew Coscoran (Men’s 1,500m)

*Denotes events in which Irish athletes are yet to secure qualification

Day seven (Sunday, August 16th)

Athletics

Women’s marathon: Fionnuala McCormack (did not finish, 10km)

Men’s marathon: Paul O’Donnell (43rd), David McGlynn (DNF, 25km), Ryan Creech (did not start)

Evening session

Women’s 1,500m final: Sarah Healy, Sophie O’Sullivan (9.13pm)

Swimming

Men’s 400m freestyle heats: Nathan Wiffen (31st; did not progress), Denis O’Brien (39th; DNP), Cormac Rynn (42nd; DNP), Daniel Wiffen (DNS)

Women’s 4x100m medley relay heats: Lottie Cullen, Mona McSharry, Ellie McCartney, Grace Davison (7th; qualified for final)

Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats: John Shortt, Jack Kelly, Jack Cassin, Evan Bailey (10th; DNP, second reserve)

Evening session

Men’s 50m freestyle final: Tom Fannon (6th)

Women’s 50m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry (3rd)

Women’s 200m butterfly final: Ellen Walshe (4th)

Women’s 4x100m medley relay final (7.02pm)

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Muireann Duffy

Muireann Duffy

Muireann Duffy is a sports journalist with The Irish Times