Coscoran smashes 41-year-old Irish record in Birmingham

25.02.2023 - 18:43 rte.ie

Andrew Coscoran broke a 41-year-old 1500m Irish record when clocking 3:33:49 to take third at the World Tour Indoor finals in Birmingham on Saturday.Coscoran, 26, shaved 0.01 of a second off the outdoor time Ray Flynn achieved in Oslo's Dream Mile in July 1982.

He has also shattered Marcus O'Sullivan's old indoor record of 3:36.64, set in 1989.Remarkably, Coscoran's 22-year-old compatriot Luke McCann also broke O'Sullivan's record, finishing fourth in a new PB of 3:34:76.

Nick Griggs, 18, was seventh in 3:39:94, which was also a PB.Great Britain's Neil Gourley was first [3:32.48] ahead of Spaniard Adel Mechaal [3:33.28].It leaves Coscoran and McCann in fine fettle ahead of next week's European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, which take place from 2 to 5 March.

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