Individual and team performances suggest ‘whatever benchmark we choose to look at, it is significant progress’
They were also looking to join a super-elite Irish club. Only two Irish athletes had previously won medals on the track; Eamonn Coghlan then Sonia O’Sullivan twice .
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke after finishing fourth in the women’s 4x400m relay final. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho “We weren’t budgeting for one but thought there was an outside chance so two fourths at this level is significant progress. With Ethan Katzberg winning the men’s hammer, and Camryn Rogers the women’s event, plus Sarah Mitton’s silver in the women’s shot put, Canada ended up second on the medal table, behind perennial giants the USA.
Those four Irish finalists, Sarah Lavin also breaking the 13-year-old Irish record belonging to Derval O’Rourke in the 100m hurdles semi-final also mark real success for McNamara.
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