Sharlene Mawdsley included in bumper Irish squad for European Championships

Sharlene Mawdsley has been included in the Irish squad for the European Athletics Championships, with the Tipperary athlete named to compete in the 400m and women’s 4x400m relay.

Mawdsley was injured in the 200m on Saturday in the National Championships in Dublin.

At the time of writing, the extent of the injury is unclear.

Athletics Ireland announced three groups of selections for the Birmingham meet – taking place on August 10th-16th – on Tuesday; 20 automatic qualifiers, four relay panels, and 24 provisional selections.

Those on the provisional list must wait to see if they gain a quota place when the final ‘Road to Birmingham’ list is published by European Athletics on Thursday.

Rhasidat Adeleke qualified for the 200m category after winning on Saturday with a time of 22.80 seconds. The Dubliner has also been selected alongside Mawdsley for the 4x400m relay.

Kate O’Connor will also look to continue her medal quest in the heptathlon, while five-time European medal winner Mark English is named in the 800m, where he will be joined by Cian McPhillips.

Sarah Healy, a European Indoor champion over 3,000m, is set to double up in the 1,500 and 5,000m events. Sophie O’Sullivan will also compete in the 1,500m having broken her mother Sonia’s national championship record at the weekend.

Automatic qualifiers:

Cian McPhillips (800m), Kate O’Connor (heptathlon), Sarah Healy (1,500m/5,000m), Mark English (800m), Israel Olatunde (100m), Sean Aigboboh (200m), Sharlene Mawdsley (400m), Nicola Tuthill (hammer throw), Darragh McElhinney (5,000m), Nick Griggs (5,000m), Andrew Coscoran (1,500m), Rhasidat Adeleke (200m), Lauren Roy (200m), David Kenny (half-marathon race walk), Sophie O’Sullivan (1,500m), Jack O’Leary (10,000m), Oisin