DONEGAL athletics is celebrating this evening after Letterkenny athlete Ruairi Finnegan took GOLD in the Under-18 Youth Olympics in Turkey earlier today.
The St Eunan’s College runner led from the front in the 1,500M final and came home in a fantastic time of 3:53:80 making him the fastest runner at this level on the planet.
And there are hopes tomorrow for Donegal Town’s Karl Griffin who is through to tomorrow’s 800M Final as the fastest runner.
Managed by Bernie Alcorn the results are a fantastic boost for athletics in the county.
Ireland senior team manager Patsy McGonagle today paid tribute to both Ruairi and Karl.
“This is a superb achievement for Ruairi; to win gold in that heat and to lead from start to finish was superb,” said Patsy.
“This is also great news for Karl and we will all have high hopes for him tomorrow.
“Such results are a testament to the up and coming athletes Donegal has produced in recent times.”
OFFICIAL RESULT:
| RANK | BIB | NAME & SURNAME | NOC | BORN | RESULTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 302 | Ruairi FINNEGAN |
|
14 JUL 1994 | 3:53.78 | ||||
| 2 | 330 | Samuele DINI |
|
02 OCT 1994 | 3:54.45 | ||||
| 3 | 219 | James LAMSWOOD |
|
24 SEP 1994 | 3:55.02 | ||||
| 4 | 472 | Jan PETRAC |
|
04 JUL 1994 | 3:55.66 | PB | |||
| 5 | 420 | Joao CRUZ |
|
12 APR 1994 | 3:57.47 | PB | |||
| 6 | 538 | Mustafa KOCATEPE |
|
18 DEC 1994 | 3:57.93 | SB | |||
| 7 | 390 | Jorijn DE MARE |
|
28 JAN 1994 | 3:58.62 | ||||
| 8 | 436 | Ilie Bogdan MACOVEI |
|
26 JUL 1995 | 3:58.79 | PB | |||
| 9 | 41 | Isaac KIMELI |
|
09 MAR 1994 | 3:58.80 | PB | |||
| 10 | 483 | Nemanja KOJIC |
|
09 JUN 1994 | 3:59.15 | ||||
| 11 | 95 | Ivan MALIC |
|
13 NOV 1995 | 4:01.52 | ||||
| 12 | 318 | Omer ALMOG |
|
04 JAN 1994 | 4:05.18 | ||||
| 13 | 17 | Dominik STADLMANN |
|
04 JUN 1995 | 4:05.22 | PB | |||
| 14 | 378 | Bob BERTEMES |
|
15 MAR 1994 | 4:10.08 | ||||
| 15 | 135 | Marc ALCALA |
|
07 NOV 1994 | 4: |
