Trio of European medallists to lead Irish team at World Indoors 

Ireland’s Sarah Healy celebrates with her 3000m gold medal. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

First Europe, then the world. The trio of Irish medallists from last weekend’s European Indoors will lead the Irish team at next week’s World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.

Athletics Ireland has announced a provisional team selection of eight athletes for the three-day event, which gets under way on Friday, 21 March, with Sarah Healy (3000m), Kate O’Connor (pentathlon) and Mark English (800m) all set to take their medal momentum to the global stage.