Some 23 athletes will represent the country in Budapest, beginning on August 19th
There’s a full Irish quota in that women’s 1,500m, Sarah Healy and Sophie O’Sullivan also qualifying, the 21-year-old O’Sullivan set to make her World Championship debut 30 years after her mother Sonia won silver in the same event in Stuttgart in 1993.
Ireland’s last three medals at this level came in the race walks, Gillian O’Sullivan , Oliver Loughnane and Rob Heffernan , with David Kenny and Brendan Boyce , both coached by Heffernan, headed for Budapest. Phil Healy, who have been in contention for a relay spot, announced she is ending her season earlier than planned to help her body to recover for next year’s Paris Olympics, following a recent diagnosis of an Autoimmune Disease.
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