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Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dublin AC) has finished sixth in the final of the Women’s Long Jump on Day Two of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.

The 19-year-old produced her best jump of 6.18m (+1.0m/s) in the fifth round of the competition, which moved her up from seventh position to fifth at the time.

While Ndudi had hoped to challenge for a medal, she can certainly take positives from making her first global championship final.

Meanwhile, Sean Doggett (Athenry AC) finished seventh in his semi-final of the Men’s 400m. The 17-year-old from Galway clocked a time of 50.33 seconds in the race, which wasn’t enough to advance to the final tomorrow night.

Doggett had impressed in the heats less than six hours earlier, placing second in a time of 47.31s, his second fastest run ever over the distance, to seal automatic qualification to the next round.

In his heat of the Men’s 1500m Lughaidh Mallon (Lagan Valley AC) finished ninth in a time of 3:48.69, which unfortunately wasn’t enough to advance to the final. The 18-year-old did however gain valuable global experience at this high-level of competition.

Earlier, during the afternoon session Fintan Dewhirst (Tír Chonaill AC) booked his place in Friday night’s semi-finals of the Men’s 400m Hurdles. The Donegal athlete clocked a time of 52.39s to finish second in his heat, finishing strongly in the last 100m.

His teammate David Davitt (Clonliffe Harriers AC) competed in an earlier heat in the same event, finishing fourth in 52.51s. The 17-year-old just missed out on advancing, being nudged out of a non-fastest automatic qualifier spot. He will return to action in the heats of the Men’s 4x400m Relay on Friday.

Results

• David Davitt – Men’s 400m Hurdles – Heat 3/7 – 52.51 (4^th)
• Fintan Dewhirst – Men’s 400m Hurdles – Heat 4/7 – 52.39 Q (2^nd)
• Sean Doggett – Men’s 400m – Heat 1/7 – 47.31s Q (2^nd)
• Lughaidh Mallon – Men’s 1500m – Heat 1/3 – 3:48.69 (9^th)
• Sean Doggett – Men’s 400m – SF 1/3 – 50.33s (7^th – 20^th overall)
• Elizabeth Ndudi – Women’s Long Jump – Final – 6.18m (6^th)