European Indoor Athletics: Sarah Lavin wins 60m hurdles heat with season's best time
Eva Osborne
The European Athletics Indoor Championships are up and running in Apeldoorn on Thursday evening.
Sarah Lavin won her 60-metre hurdles heat with a season's best time of 7.93 seconds. She goes into the semi-finals on Friday at lunchtime.
Earlier, Cathal Doyle missed out on a place in the final of the 1,500 metres, finishing ninth in his heat.
The Irish Independent reported that there was frustration for the Irish mixed 4 x 400m relay team of Conor Kelly, Phil Healy, Marcus Lawler, and Sharlene Mawdsley this evening.
The group finished fifth in the final as the Netherlands took the victory.
