McDonagh’s form is back on track

CIARAN McDONAGH, who has been plagued by injury since he became the first Irishman to long jump over eight metres at the world championships in Seville in 1999, will be back in an Irish singlet at an International meet in Cardiff next weekend.

McDonagh’s form is back on track

The Meathman, now 26, and approaching his prime, made history when he reached the final of the long jump in Seville but suffered a recurrence of the old injury that had his participation in doubt in the lead up to the world championships and could manage only one big jump.

He had gone in after jumping eight metres in the qualifying rounds to equal an earlier wind assisted effort.

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