Ian O’Riordan would be forgiven if he’d run out of superlatives to describe what he has witnessed in Rome in the opening three days of the European Athletics Championships. He was still getting his breath back after the 4x400m relay team’s golden run when Ciara Mageean only went and won the 1,500m on Sunday evening,
the Portaferry runner producing “an absolute masterclass to hit the front only when it mattered most” in her final. Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley and Thomas Barr, meanwhile, showed no after effects from their own masterclass on Friday,From the Stadio Olimpico to Semple Stadium, Limerick found themselves atop the Munster hurling podium for a record sixth time in a row after“their brilliance will live long after the counting stops”, even if the final was “an unremarkable contest”.
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