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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Today
in Kaunas, Lithuania, David McCarthy representing Ireland in the European
Athletics Under 23 Championships clinched a bronze medal in the 5000m. David’s
3<sup>rd</sup> place finish came with a time of 14:00.78. Below you will find
links to the results and race recaps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GO
FRIARS!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Men’s
5000m Results: <a
href="http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007&comp_id=46552&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en">http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007&comp_id=46552&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Meet
Results: <a
href="http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007">http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Race
recap from European Athletics Website: <a
href="http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7537&Itemid=78">http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7537&Itemid=78</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Men's
5000 final – from website</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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“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.”</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.friars.com/">http://www.friars.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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