Reece Ademola and Sarah Lavin both finished third in their events at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Tuesday. The meeting was part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series of events.
Ademola extended his Irish U23 indoor record to 7.93m for the long jump. The Corkman, competing in his Leevale AC singlet, leapt to his best effort in the opening round.
He finished behind the Czech Republic's Radek Juska (8.03m) in second and winner Miltiádis Tentóglou of Greece (8.09m). Tentóglou is the reigning world and Olympic champion.
30 July 2023; Reece Ademola of Leevale AC, Cork, competes in the men's long jump during day two of the 123.ie National Senior Outdoor Championships at Morton Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Ademola, who stands at 6' 9" and turns 21 this week, had jumped 7.86m in Denmark last week to set a new Irish U23 record.
Tuesday's jump puts him third on the all-time Irish indoor long jump list behind Adam McMullen's 7.99m and Ciaran McDonagh's national record of 8.00m. Ademola's outdoor personal best is the 7.97m he jumped in September.
Reece Ademola jumps 7.93m
@ReeceAdemola producing probably his best performance to date finishing 3rd in World Athletics Indoor tour 'Gold' meet in Ostrava with 7.93m behind Greece's Olympic champion Tentoglou who won with 8.09m. @irishathletics @sportireland pic.twitter.com/ijVXPz77td
— Field-Events Ireland (@ThrowsIreland) January 30, 2024
After running 7.95 seconds in her semi-final of the 60m hurdles, Limerick's Lavin ran 7.93 to finish third in the final. Lavin finished behind Nadine Visser of the Netherlands (7.93) and Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland (7.82).
The time in the final was just 0.02 outside the personal best that Lavin set over the weekend in Kazakhstan.
Sarah Lavin finishes second in her 60m Hurdles SF at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic clocking 7.95 seconds 🤩
She returns to the track for the final at 5:30pm 🙌#IrishAthleticspic.twitter.com/t8DN13SQrd
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) January 30, 2024
