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Sarah Lavin (Emerald AC) has rounded out Ireland’s involvement at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, finishing seventh in her semi-final of the Women’s 60m Hurdles. The Limerick woman clocked a time of 8.14 seconds, which wasn’t enough to advance to a third successive world indoor final.

Earlier in the day Lavin had finished second in her heat in 8.04 seconds to advance to the semi-final. She will now shift her focus to a busy outdoor season culminating with the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.

Team Ireland depart China with their first World Athletics Indoor Championships medal in 19 years and first senior major championships global medal since 2013 following Kate O’Connor’s superb silver medal in the Women’s Pentathlon.

There were also two further top six finishes with Sarah Healy and Andrew Coscoran both finishing sixth in their respective 3000m finals.

Reflecting on the championships, Athletics Ireland High Performance Director Paul McNamara said, “This has been yet another highly successful championship for Irish athletics. Kate O’Connor’s silver medal is undoubtedly the standout moment for so many reasons. To reproduce such a high calibre performance so soon after her exploits at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, and in such an attritional event, is phenomenal. To claim a global medal is hugely significant for Kate, but also indicative of where we stand as a nation currently, where these things are becoming the norm rather than the exception, and with a growing number of athletes truly competitive on the global stage.

“Andrew Coscoran and Sarah Healy have put hugely positive championships back-to-back, and have certainly enhanced their reputations.

“Sarah Lavin was very unlucky to have hit the first hurdle and I’ve no doubt she would have sealed yet another final spot with a clean run. James Gormley and Sophie O’Sullivan will have gained significantly from their experience here, and both are set to continue to progress. It’s a busy year ahead, but it has been an outstanding start to 2025 for Irish athletics.”

Irish results summary

• Kate O’Connor – Women’s Pentathlon – silver – 4742 points
• Sarah Healy – Women’s 3000m – 6^th – 8:40.00
• Andrew Coscoran – Men’s 3000m – 6^th – 7:48.53
• James Gormley – Men’s 3000m – 13^th – 7:56.43
• Andrew Coscoran – Men’s 1500m – 3^rd in heat – 3:40.79
• Sophie O’Sullivan – Women’s 1500m – 6^th in heat – 4:16.68 iPB
• Sarah Lavin – Women’s 60m Hurdles – 7^th in semi-final (17^th overall) – 8.14 seconds

Results are from the Championships can be found HERE.