Power claims Irish 800m indoor record in Vienna

The Dubliner produced a time of 2:02.44 in Austria this afternoon

Nadia Power continued her impressive outdoor form of 2020 into the 2021 Indoor season

Nadia Power set an Irish 800m indoor record in Vienna this afternoon.

The Dubliner produced a time of 2:02.44 when finishing second to Kelly Hodgkinson of Great Britain at the Vienna Indoor meet. The previous Irish record of 2:02.46 was held by Siofra Cleirigh Buttner since 2018. 

Power put in a blistering first two laps (400m) going through in 57.7 and held on to secure the new record. 

Hodgkinson led them home 1:59.03 - a new World U20 record - with Italy’s Irene Baldessari third in 2:02.71.

Power is now targeting the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland (March 5th-7th). 

Power’s impressive start to 2021 follows a tremendous 2020 outdoor season when she won the 800m at the World Athletics Continental Tour meeting in Zagreb (2:02.08). A week previously she set an Irish U23 800m record of 2:01.01 in Rovereto, Italy.