A provisional team of 27, including Sarah Healy, Kate O’Connor, Mark English and Sharlene Mawdsley, has been named by Athletics Ireland for the upcoming World Championships in Tokyo, which run from 13-21 September.
Healy, a European Indoor gold medallist in the 3000m last March, will compete in the 1500m, in what will be her third appearance at the Worlds.
English also medalled in the Netherlands, winning bronze in the 800m, and broke his own Irish record for the 800 by over half a second, when clocking 1:43.37 in Budapest on 12 August.
European and World Indoor medallist and World University Games champion O’Connor will look to continue what has been a stellar 2025 in the heptathlon. The Dundalk St Gerard’s athlete improved her Irish record in the multi-discipline event to 6487 points last month.
Mawdsley, the 2024 European mixed 4x400m relay champion, played her part in helping the mixed and women’s 4x400m relay teams qualify for Tokyo. She has been selected for both relays, as well as the Women’s 400m.
European U-23 and World University Games silver medallist Nicola Tuthill will compete in the hammer throw, an event where the Cork competitor has improved her personal best and Irish U-23 record to 71.75m.
Marathon runners Hiko Tonosa, Peter Lynch and Fionnuala McCormack had been previously selected in May.
Last week it was confirmed that Rhasidat Adeleke would not be travelling to the Japanese capital.
The 22-year-old had qualified in both the 200m and 400m but had struggled to replicate the form of previous seasons over the course of the summer. In a post on Instagram, she said that she was unable to complete the season and would be taking the rest of the year off to recover.
Irish team
Sarah Healy (1500m)
Sophie O’Sullivan (1500m)
Mark English (800m)
Sarah Lavin (100m hurdles)
Sharlene Mawdsley (400m, mixed 4x400m, women’s 4x400m)
Cian McPhillips (800m)
Cathal Doyle (1500m)
Andrew Coscoran (1500m, 5000m)
Kate O’Connor (heptathlon)
Nicola Tuthill (hammer throw)
Brian Fay (5000m)
David Kenny (20km race walk)
Oisin Lane (35km race walk)
Eric Favors (shot put)
Fionnuala McCormack (marathon)
Hiko Tonosa (marathon)
Peter Lynch (marathon)
Sophie Becker (mixed 4x400m, women’s 4x400m)
Rachel McCann (mixed 4x400m, women’s 4x400m)
Jack Raftery (mixed 4x400m)
Conor Kelly (mixed 4x400m)
Cillín Greene (mixed 4x400m)
Cliodhna Manning (women’s 4x400m)
Michelle Duggan (women’s 4x400m)
Jenna Breen (women’s 4x400m)
Erin Friel (non-travelling reserve, women’s 4x400m)
Ciaran Carthy (non-travelling reserve, mixed 4x400m)
AloJapan.com