With the European Indoors starting on Thursday, March 4th and finishing Sunday, March 7th, here is close to everything you need to know about the competition and who and what’s on where…

Attached you can find:

  1.  Timetable 🕣📅
  2. TV Guide (BBC2/Eurosport)
  3.  Official website & Facebook page
  4. Irish squad 🇮🇪
  5. European & World Indoor Records and further reading  🥇

 

1.Timetable

Remember Poland is 1 hour ahead of us, these are adjusted times for Ireland. Some Key Events (especially including Irish squad):

Thursday

1830 Women’s 300m H

1920 Men’s 1500m H

Friday

10:05 Women’s 400m H

10:50 Women’s 1500m H

11:30 Women’s 800m H

1806 Women’s Shot Putt Final

1905 Men’s 800m H

1935 Men’s Shot Putt

Saturday

0920 Men’s 60m H

1000 Men’s 3000m H

1030 Women’s 60m Hurdles H

1150 Men’s 60m Semi

1800 Women’s 800m Semi

1825 Men’s 800m Semi

1840 Women’s Long Jump

1850 Women’s 1500m Final

1910 Men’s 400m Final

1925 Women’s 400m Final

1958 Men’s 60m Final

Sunday

0920 Women’s 60m SF

1019 Men’s High Jump Final

1220 Women’s 60m Hurdles Semi

1600 Men’s 60m Hurdles Final

1605 Men’s Pole Vault Final

1615 Women’s 60m Hurdles Final

1845 Women’s High Jump Final

1713 Women’s 800m Final

1725 Men’s 800m Final

1746 Women’s 60m Final

1757 Men’s 4x400m Relay

1810 Women’s 4x400m Relay

 

2.TV Guide

Live on BBC2:Friday 9am to 12:15, 6:30-9pm and Saturday 8:45am to 12noon & 5:15-8:15pm

Eurosport Online

3. Official Website and Socials

https://european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championshipsu

https://m.facebook.com/torun2021/

https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics

4. IRISH SQUAD

Men’s 60m:

Leon Reid (Menapians AC); Israel Olatunde (UCD AC) Dean Adams (Ballymena & Antrim AC)

Women’s 60m:

Ciara Neville (Emerald AC); Joan Healy (Leevale AC) Molly Scott (St Laurence O’Toole AC)

Women’s 400m:

Phil Healy (Bandon AC) Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrocks AC); Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC)

Men’s 800m:

Mark English (Finn Valley AC) Cian McPhillips (Longford AC) John Fitzsimons (Finn Valley AC)

Women’s 800m:

Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers AC); Síofra Cléirigh Buttner (Dundrum South Dublin AC); Georgie Hartigan (Dundrum South Dublin AC)

Men’s 1,500m:

Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC); Paul Robinson (St Coca’s AC); Luke McCann (UCD AC)

Women’s 1,500m:

Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC)

Men’s 3,000m:

John Travers (Donore Harriers) Séan Tobin Clonmel AC Darragh McElhinney (UCD AC)

Women’s 3,000m:

Michelle Finn (Leevale AC)

Women’s 60m hurdles: Sarah Lavin (Emerald AC)

 

5. FURTHER READING

https://european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championshipsu

https://m.facebook.com/torun2021/

https://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2021/0222/1198656-exciting-24-strong-irish-squad-set-for-europan-indoors/

https://www.the42.ie/cian-mcphillips-athletics-5362581-Feb2021/

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/season-of-fast-times-selects-largest-irish-team-for-european-indoors-1.4492124

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/sudanese-irish-speaking-father-and-kilkenny-mother-the-power-dynamic-behind-nadia-40137416.html

https://m.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/the-quality-of-training-is-much-better-athletes-benefit-from-the-upside-to-lockdown-40139580.html