North west athletes were among the medal winners at Sunday’s European Cross Country Championships in Turin helping Ireland to a record haul of medals at a major championships.
Lead out by the Flanagan sister’s of Finn Valley , the Irish Senior Women took an unexpected bronze team medal.
Eilish and Roisin finished a superb 11th and 12th with the twins from Tyrone running an identical time of 27:38.
Letterkenny’s Ann Marie McGlynn was also part of the team, she finished 31st in 28:40.
Earlier in the day Finn Valley’s Sean McGinley won silver with Ireland in the men’s under 20.
McGinley finished a brilliant 12th with his team mates Nick Griggs and Dean Casey taking silver and bronze in that race.
McGinley was the third team scorer in a time of 18:12.
There will be more with Patsy McGonagle at 2pm on Sunday Sport and later after 5pm Chris Ashmore will be joined by Ireland Women’s team lead in Italy Teresa McDaid.
Some of our bronze-medal-winning team members speaking post race 🤩🎤 pic.twitter.com/jUsVODpKih
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) December 11, 2022
💥IT'S BRONZE FOR THE SENIOR TEAM💥
Team bronze for our senior women's team with twin sisters Eilish and Roisin Flanagan leading them home to cross side-by-side in 11th and 12th place👏 WOW!!!
Live results: https://t.co/9VKDfNLCEx#Piemonte2022 pic.twitter.com/GJHnwJhYp5
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) December 11, 2022
