Alex Wright wins 10k but sprinters steal show at Leevale Sports

Alex Wright sharpened up his preparations for the European Race Walking Cup by winning the 10k race walk as sprinters stole the show at the Leevale Sports in CIT on Saturday.

Wright (Leevale) won his event comfortably in 41:32 and will now compete over 20k in Podebrady, Czech Republic in two weeks’ time. The Cork-based athlete has been in fine form in 2017 as he gears up for a big performance at the World Championships in London in August.

Newport’s Sharlene Mawdsley is another to have continued her rise in 2017 and the 18-year-old schoolgirl won the women’s 400m in 55.36 — a European U20 B qualifying time.