Séamus Clarke wins race walk silver at European U-18 Championships

At the CAS Meeting International in Luxembourg, Sarah Lavin and Luke McCann ran their final tune-up races ahead of the Paris Olympics.

SILVER MEDAL: Séamus Clarke rounded off a remarkable few days for the Irish at the European U-18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Sunday by winning a silver medal in the 5000m race walk, the Moy Valley athlete breaking his Irish U-18 record with 21:05.70. Picture: Athletics Ireland

Séamus Clarke rounded off a remarkable few days for the Irish at the European U-18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Sunday by winning a silver medal in the 5000m race walk, the Moy Valley athlete breaking his Irish U-18 record with 21:05.70.

“It means so much,” said Clarke. “The pace was a lot of spurts and I took the lead once or twice. I felt comfortable for the first 3k and the last two (kilometres), it was some of the worst pain I’ve felt. But it was all just willpower, thinking of the podium.”