Red-hot Irish trio book tickets to Beijing

THREE Irish athletes produced superlative performances in Mannheim over the weekend to qualify for next month’s world junior championships in Beijing.

David McCarthy (West Waterford) who came so close to achieving the qualifying standard for 1,500m (3:48.00) at the BUPA Cork City Sports a week earlier and again in Mannheim on Saturday, got the standard at 800m on Sunday when he ran 1:49.93 which was well inside the 1:51.00 standard.

He still has plenty of time to get the 1,500m standard as the cut off point is not until July 23 and that’s the weekend of the national senior championships.