17-year-old from Tyrone couldn’t hold off Britain’s Will Barnicoat but still takes home silver medal
“I’m disappointed I couldn’t just hold on, but I gave it everything, left everything out there, and to take home a medal, and a team silver, at a European Championship, for Ireland, that’s something to be proud of. It you’d had told me yesterday I’d win a silver medal I’d be buzzing, so mixed emotions really.”
Even in winning bronze in the men’s Under-23 race, the disappointment was a lot more real: Darragh McElhinney, second last year, ended up 26th after running close to the front early on, Britain’s Charles Hicks defending the title won so magnificently last year in Dublin. “I think it shows, even with myself having such a bad day, we still have fellas coming through,” he said. “A bad day for us is still getting a bronze medal, so overall mixed emotions. But I think the course didn’t suit me and I went out way too hard.”
Only it wasn’t to be: Peter Lynch of Kilkenny City Harriers was the best of them and finished 15th ahead of Hiko Tonosa Haso in 27th and Brian Fay in 30th, leaving the team back in eighth place, certainly a little shy of their own expectations.
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