Sarah Healy bids to gain from Tokyo pain

The 21-year-old UCD was utterly unimpressed by her performance at the Olympics – eliminated after finishing 11th in her 1500m heat in 4:09.78.

For Sarah Healy the Tokyo Olympics are now a thing of the past, but the lessons she learned there are still proving valuable.

In Abbotstown, the 21-year-old UCD student took an astonishing 11 seconds off the Irish U23 indoor 3000m record, her winning time of 8:53.67 putting her fourth on the Irish all-time list, with fellow Olympian Michelle Finn of Leevale following her home in 9:11.46.