Sixth-place finish for Eilish Flanagan at Commonwealth Games
A season's best time saw the Finn Valley AC runner come sixth in the 3,000m steeplechase
Eilish Flanagan finished sixth in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final at the Commonwealth Games.
The Finn Valley AC runner clocked a season’s best time of 9:57.18 at Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham
Flanagan nursed an injury through the last few months and will be content with her placing.
Jackline Chepkoech from Kenya won in a Commonwealth Games record of 9:15.68 ahead of England’s Elizabeth Bird and Perth Chemutai from Uganda.
At last summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Flanagan recorded an impressive personal best time of 9:34.86 - taking six seconds off her previous fastest - to place 12th in her heat.
At the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin in December, Flanagan finished a fine 15th with the Irish team just beaten to bronze medals.
Her twin sister, Roisin, is in action in Sunday evening’s 5,000m final.