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Roisin Harrison, of Limerick's Emerald AC, competes for Ireland in the women's 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday
ROISIN Harrison, from Limerick club, Emerald AC, played a crucial role as Ireland’s 4x400m relay team qualified for Sunday’s final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
The team of 26-year-old Harrison, Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport A.C.), Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock A.C.) and Kelly McGrory (Tir Chonaill A.C.) finished 4th in the second of Saturday evening’s heats, securing one of the fastest non-automatic qualifier places with a time of 3:26.18 SB which was just 0.12 off the national record.
The team battled bravely over the opening three laps to stay within touching distance of qualification, before Sharene Mawdsley unleashed a 50.01 anchor leg to secure the team’s place in the medal decider.
Mawdsley’s anchor was the fastest of all final leg athletes in the second heat.
Sophie Becker led the opening leg for Team Ireland and speaking after the race she said: “I’m speechless, to be so close to a national record is just amazing. We were realistically hoping for a low 3:27 so I’m so proud of all the girls”.
Sophie Becker, Roisin Harrison, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley speak to @DavidGillick on their delight in reaching a world final in the 4x400m relay @irishathletics #WorldAthleticsChamps #rtesport pic.twitter.com/K5ViOK71xG
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 26, 2023
When asked about tomorrow’s final, Becker said: “We’ll look to come out and run fast again tomorrow and anything can happen. The USA are out and who’s to say what can happen in a world final. We’re going to recover and come back to do it again. We love competing together and we’ll give it our all for Ireland”.
Leg 1 Sophie BECKER 51.66
Leg 2 Róisín HARRISON 52.06
Leg 3 Kelly MCGRORY 52.45
Leg 4 Sharlene MAWDSLEY 50.01
The team will return for the final on Sunday at 8.50pm Irish time.
Watch back the full second heat of the Women's 4x400m Relay Heat - as Ireland ran 3:26:18 to qualify for tomorrow's final!
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) August 26, 2023
It was Sharlene Mawdsley who went over the line at the finish.
♀️ ☘️ #TeamIreland #WorldAthleticsChamps #Athletics #Budapest2023 #Ireland pic.twitter.com/wyRuHmLlER
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