Ireland's four-medal haul means team finishes European Athletic Championships in 10th place – ahead of continental superpowers like Germany and Sweden
Ciara Mageean celebrates winning the Women's 1500m final at the European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olympico, Rome. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho, first staged in Turin in 1934, no Irish team could ever have aspired to breaking into the top 10 nations on the final medal table, certainly not ahead of some continental superpowers such as Germany and Sweden.
The Irish quartet were only beaten by the reigning world champions, as the Dutch star Femke Bol ran the anchor leg to strike gold in a European leading time of 3:22.39, before the Irish quartet finished in 3:22.71, smashing their Irish record of 3:24.38. There were three Irish records in all , along with 12 season’s bests and three further personal bests.
The two fastest European women’s 400m times this century are now Kaczmarek’s 48.98 and Adeleke’s 49.07 run here in Rome on that Monday night, further evidence if needed of the quality of race which unfolded.
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