[Pcalumnixctrack] PC XC/Track Summer update

[Walsh, Stephen]

Today in Kaunas, Lithuania, David McCarthy representing Ireland in the European Athletics Under 23 Championships clinched a bronze medal in the 5000m. David's 3rd place finish came with a time of 14:00.78. Below you will find links to the results and race recaps.

GO FRIARS!



Men's 5000m Results: http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007&comp_id=46552&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en

Meet Results: http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007



Race recap from European Athletics Website: http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7537&Itemid=78
Men's 5000 final - from website
"European junior silver medallist Mohammed Elbendir of Spain lifted gold with a long run for home two and a half laps from the tape and could not be caught winning by some thirty metres in 13:55.10. Second was France's Noureddine Smail while Ireland's David McCarthy, fastest man in the field going into the championships, clinched bronze. The early pace was a pedestrian affair as the favourites all opted to keep their powder dry for the final onslaught. The early leaders were Belarussian Siarhei Chabiarak and the Ukraine's Maksym Krivonys, ticking off two kilometres in 5:43.93 and three kilometres in 8:39.22. The whole field was tightly bunched at this stage with the eventual winner lurking around 14th in the pack. It was with two and a half laps to go that the race suddenly changed character as Germany's Musa Roba-Kinkal moved into the lead, injecting some serious pace. Spotting the danger Turkey's Selim Bayrak moved up to the German's shoulder, but at this point Elbendir split the field apart with his rush to the front. Passing the two-lap to go marker in 11:53.4, the Spaniard simply extended his lead to the finish. Smail and McCarthy made an attempt to close the gap but settled for the minor medals. At the 200m-mark to go, Elbendir had built up a comfortable 30m-lead with Smail a further ten metres up on the Irishman, which is how it stayed to the finish."



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