Rhasidat Adeleke is focused on outdoors, while others will probably be absent this weekend through injury or illness
The National Indoor Championships promise to be exciting again, but there are things that could be done to encourage more top athletes to take part in such events. Photograph: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile
Irish athletes have also been busy setting national indoor records, Sarah Healy improving her 1,500m mark last Saturday, having broken her 3,000m record twice over the previous weekends. Mark English took almost a second off his 800m mark, and Andrew Coscoran broke the men’s indoor 3,000m and then mile records.The Irish indoor mile record had stood to Eamonn Coghlan for over 40 years, the period when he was known as the Chairman of the Boards.
That’s something the top Irish athletes should be keen to practice this weekend, although it appears they won’t all be there, English unlikely to race the 800m due to a minor muscle strain, while Coscoran is nursing a minor illness. Athletes training and competing at this high level are often operating on a knife edge and never too far away from a potential injury or illness, but there is the opportunity to see some of our biggest stars in action.
Another area that could be changed is to set an entry standard for athletes competing. As it stands, any athlete that is a member of a club in Ireland can just sign up for the national championships. This is not a road race, and there is just simply not space on the track for the numbers entered. The risk of falling is certainly a deterrent for the best athletes turning up, especially if having to go through rounds.
And likewise with Olympic semi-finalist Cathal Doyle lining up against newly crowned national record holder Coscoran. Which is also why it was refreshing to hearStill fresh from her record-breaking runs, Healy will probably race the 1,500m, and should have it all her own way as Ciara Mageean is still recovering from surgery, and Sophie O’Sullivan is also focused on the outdoor season.
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