Sarah Healy breaks Irish 3,000m indoor record

Healy’s performance betters Mary Cullen's 2009 national record (8:43.74) by an astonishing seven seconds.

Sat, 03 Feb, 2024 - 20:54

Cathal Dennehy

Sarah Healy smashed the Irish indoor 3000m record with a superb runner-up finish at the World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Metz, France, on Saturday afternoon. The 22-year-old Dubliner finished behind Ethiopia’s Hirut Meshesha to carve seven seconds off the previous record of 8:43.74, set by Mary Cullen in 2009.

It moved Healy second on the overall Irish all-time list, behind the national outdoor record of 8:21.64 by Sonia O’Sullivan. It also secures her qualification for next month’s World Indoors in Glasgow, while she is also qualified in the 1500m.