IPC World Championships Monday 24th:
Following her bronze medal in the T46 200m, sprinter Sally Brown (coach: Philip Tweedy) made it through to the final in the 100m. Brown qualified as a fastest loser after finishing fourth in her T46 event in a new lifetime best (13.21 (+0.4m/s)).
Sunday 23rd:
Springwell’s Sally Brown (coach: Philip Tweedy), on her senior international debut, exceeded all expectations to take bronze in the T46 200m (26.38 (-0.6m/s)).
“I can’t believe it; last night I felt lucky enough to get into the final,” said the sole Northern Ireland representative on the team and one of the youngest members of the squad at only 15 years-old.
“My goal was to get to the final and to PB and I did both, but when I came off the bend I thought “Oh no, I’m going to come last”, but I focused on the fact that I’d gone into the final as fourth fastest and that gave me confidence. I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet!”
1 CASTILLO Yunidis T46 CUB 6 JUN 1987 5 24.86 CR
2 RODOMAKINA Nikol T46 RUS 14 FEB 1993 4 25.94
3 BROWN Sally T46 GBR 26 JUN 1995 7 26.38 SB
Congratulations to Sally and her coach Philip!
Click here for results (T46)
22nd January- 200m Round 1
Sally ran out of her skin today in her first heat for the T46 200M, After a nerve racking faulty start she qualified for the final running the 4th fastest time of the two heats and a PB of 26.41 secs. Her final is tomorrow (23rd) 17:17 NZ time.
1 CASTILLO Yunidis CUB 2 2 1 -1.0 25.18 Q
2 RODOMAKINA Nikol RUS 2 3 2 -1.0 25.96 Q
3 BEATTIE Carlee AUS 1 4 1 -0.3 26.37 Q
4 BROWN Sally GBR 2 6 3 -1.0 26.41 Q
5 FIODOROW Alicja POL 2 4 4 -1.0 26.47 q
6 LIEBENBERG Anrune RSA 1 3 2 -0.3 26.61 Q
For the latest news about the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, please visit www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com
The IPC’s online TV channel www.ParalympicSport.TV will be broadcasting live coverage of the evening sessions from Christchurch from the first day of competition (Saturday 22 January).
Weekend Results
Ballymena & Antrim’s Dean Adams opened his indoor season at the Loughborough Open running 6.92 for 60m and finishing 3rd overall. Adams will be competing at the Irish Indoors next month and hoping to go one better in the 60m after finishing 2nd behind Paul Hession in 2010.
World heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis stepped up another gear this indoor season as she significantly improved her UK-leading mark in the 60m hurdles and set a big PB in the shot.
Competing at the Loughborough Open
