Sharlene Mawdsley included in bumper Irish squad for European Championships
Michael Bolton
Sharlene Mawdsley has been included in the Irish squad for the European Athletics Championships, with the Tipperary athlete named to compete in the 400m and women’s 4x400m relay.
Mawdsley was injured in the 200m on Saturday in the National Championships in Dublin.
At the time of writing, the extent of the injury is unclear.
Athletics Ireland announced three groups of selections for the Birmingham meet – taking place on August 10th-16th – on Tuesday; 20 automatic qualifiers, four relay panels, and 24 provisional selections.
Those on the provisional list must wait to see if they gain a quota place when the final ‘Road to Birmingham’ list is published by European Athletics on Thursday.
Rhasidat Adeleke qualified for the 200m category after winning on Saturday with a time of 22.80 seconds. The Dubliner has also been selected alongside Mawdsley for the 4x400m relay.
Kate O’Connor will also look to continue her medal quest in the heptathlon, while five-time European medal winner Mark English is named in the 800m, where he will be joined by Cian McPhillips.
Sarah Healy, a European Indoor champion over 3,000m, is set to double up in the 1,500 and 5,000m events. Sophie O’Sullivan will also compete in the 1,500m having broken her mother Sonia’s national championship record at the weekend.
Ireland squad for European Championships
Automatic qualifiers:
Cian McPhillips (800m), Kate O’Connor (heptathlon), Sarah Healy (1,500m/5,000m), Mark English (800m), Israel Olatunde (100m), Sean Aigboboh (200m), Sharlene Mawdsley (400m), Nicola Tuthill (hammer throw), Darragh McElhinney (5,000m), Nick Griggs (5,000m), Andrew Coscoran (1,500m), Rhasidat Adeleke (200m), Lauren Roy (200m), David Kenny (half-marathon race walk), Sophie O’Sullivan (1,500m), Jack O’Leary (10,000m), Oisin Lane (marathon race walk), Fionnuala McCormack (marathon), Sarah Lavin (100m hurdles), Paul O’Donnell (marathon)
Relay panels:
Men’s 4x100m – Israel Olatunde, Sean Aigboboh, Bori Akinola, Marcus Lawler, Ryan Mulholland, Lucas Fadden.
Women’s 4x100m – Ciara Neville, Lauren Roy, Lucy-May Sleeman, Sarah Leahy, Mollie O’Reilly, Molly Scott.
Men’s 4x400m – Jack Raftery, Andrew Egan, Sean Doggett, Joe Doody, Ciaran Carthy, Darragh Murphy.
Women’s 4x400m – Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Rachel McCann, Cliodhna Manning, Arlene Crossan.
Provisional selections:
Ryan Creech (marathon), Bori Akinola (100m), David McGlynn (marathon), Eric Favors (shot put), Oisin Lane (half-marathon race walk), Brian Fay (5,000m) Cathal Doyle (1,500m), Abbie Sheridan (3,000m steeplechase), Lauren Roy (100m), Jack Raftery (400m), Ciara Neville (100m), Emma Moore (800m), Jodie McCann (1,500m), Niamh Allen (10,000m), Cillian Kirwan (800m), Fiona Everard (10,000m), Cormac Dalton (10,000m), Lucy-May Sleeman (100m), Alex O’Neill (800m), Elizabeth Ndudi (long jump), Ryan Mulholland (200m), Anna McCauley (heptathlon), Anika Thompson (10,000m), Shay McEvoy (10,000m).
