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'I'm only getting going' - Sarah Lavin eyeing hurdles podium place

Coming off the back of an Olympic year, Sarah Lavin is not currently pondering the next edition of the Games, which take place in Los Angeles in 2028.

"The Hollywood Games are the cherry on top" is how the Limerick athlete views the end of the current four-year cycle, which will hopefully take her all the way to an Olympic final, or perhaps even a coveted place on the podium.

And the new cycle is up and running with Lavin having spent two months in the winter sunshine, training in South Africa, as she first embarks on the current indoor season, before turning her attention to the real goal for 2025, the Tokyo World Championships, which take place in September.

Lavin has been consistently improving over the past three years and has reached five major finals, and such are the levels of consistency that she is showing, it was, perhaps, viewed as disappointing that she failed to reach the showpiece in Paris.

The Limerick woman eased through the heats to reach the semi-finals, however, she had to settle for a sixth-place finish and miss out on a place in the final.

To her credit, Lavin ran close to her personal best in both the heat and the semi-finals and would have had to knock over 0.1 of a second off her fastest ever time of 12.62secs to have made it through to the decider.

Women's 100m hurdles is stronger than it has ever been, and while this might be considered a daunting factor, it actually is inspiring Lavin to feed off the speed and propel herself to her fastest times over the coming seasons.

"I’ve made five major finals in the last three years, so I want to convert that (to medals)," said Lavin, speaking to RTÉ Sport as Allianz were unveiled as primary sponsor of the Olympic Federation of Ireland and Paralympics Ireland.

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