Sarah Healy finishes third in 3000m at the Diamond League in Morocco

Fellow Dubliner Cathal Doyle made his Diamond League debut in Rabat and the Paris Olympian fared well, opening his season with an eighth-place finish in 3:33.32, just outside his PB of 3:33.15.

THIRD PLACE: Ireland’s Sarah Healy finishes in 3rd place at the Diamond League in Morocco. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Sarah Healy produced a superb run to finish third over 3000m at the Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday evening, the Dubliner smashing her personal best to clock 8:27.02.

She came home behind two Olympic medallists, with Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet taking victory in 8:11.56, the second fastest time in history, and Italy’s Nadia Battocletti outkicking Healy for second in 8:26.27.