Sarah Lavin eases into 100m hurdles semis at the the World Athletics Championships

Sarah Lavin is through to the semi-finals of the women's 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Budapest.

With the first four in each of the five heats guaranteed to progress, Lavin came home third in a time of 12.69 in the opening heat. That mark was .02 of a second outside her personal best time set at the Citius Altius meeting in Bern earlier this month.

Lavin's semi-final is scheduled for 7.45pm on Wednesday.

Irish interest continues this evening in the men's 800m heats, with Mark English (6.28pm) and
John Fitzsimons (6.36pm) and then Ciara Mageean going in the Women's 1500m final at 8.31pm.

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