Síofra Cléirigh Büttner finishes seventh in 800m final in Naples

Síofra Cléirigh Büttner finished in seventh position in a deeply competitive 800 metres final at the World University Games in Naples, two seconds off the gold medal winner Catriona Bissett of Australia.

Bissett clocked 2:01.20, while Büttner, with the leaders up until the final 200m, coming home in 2:03.20, having run her personal best of 2:01.98 earlier this month.

Three other Irish medal hopes all came through their heats and will look to progress further in Thursday’s semi-finals: Phil Healy won her 200m heat in 23.46, not long back to full fitness after breaking a bone in her foot, and is ranked second fastest of the qualifiers so far.

Sarah Lavin is also second fastest qualifier in the 100m hurdles after running a season best of 13.32, as is Marcus Lawlor in the 200m, as he qualified in 20.76.

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Ireland has only ever won four gold medals in the 60 years of the World University Games: Thomas Barr struck gold over the 400m hurdles in Gwangju, South Korea, in 2015, joining Sonia O’Sullivan (1991 - 1500m), Ronnie Delany (1961 - 800m) and Niall Bruton (1991-1500m).