IRELAND’S FIONNUALA BRITTON has exceeded expectations by taking a bronze in the 3000m final at the European Indoor Athletic Championships in Gothenburg today.
She finished third with a time of 9:00.54, narrowly missing out on a silver medal, which was claimed by Germany’s Corinna Harrer in 9:00.50.
Portugal’s Sara Moreira ultimately won the race, with an impressive time of 8:58.50.
Speaking following her medal-winning performance, Britton said:
“For the last 400m, I was like ‘I’m not coming fourth again. Then at the finish I didn’t even know. ‘I was thinking am I second? Am I fourth?’ I really enjoyed it.”
Meanwhile, fellow Irish athlete Ciara Everard came sixth in the 800m final earlier today.
She finished with a time of 2:02.55, which was just a hundreth of a second off her personal best.
Amy Foster races in the semi-finals of the 60m at 3.30pm today.
Additional reporting by Ben Blake
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Good on ya, girl!
Brilliant ALL heart!
Fantastic run, great determination, especially through that last 100.
Inspiring stuff, well done to Fionnuala and all her team
Well done. A true athletic.
Well done, Fionnuala!!
Well done Fionnuala,doing us all proud
Good girl Fionnuala your a great bit of stuff cheered up my Sunday just great
What a finish well done girl Go on Ireland..
Good on her.
Top darts
Iontach uillig Fionnuala!
An bhródúil
Wow fair play to her. It’s been a good weekend for Irish athletics.
Bronze? Pffff
Idiot.
A bronze in a European Championship… that really sums up our nation’s athletic prowess. You’ve got to hand it to Britton, she’s had to overcome adversity in that she’s a white Irish girl who became relatively fast. Not to mention the fact that her name sounds a bit like the old enemy. Congrats.
Goober i think some people left their sense of humor in bed for a lie on this morning. well done Fionnuala!
Next year we’ll aim for two more brown medals to add to our national haul.
Great success!!
Go along Goober, ye langer!
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She’s some girl to go!
Hey goober go off and moan some where else…
Fair play to her
Great stuff Fionnula ur a credit to urself, ur club and country it was a fantastic race which was ran brilliantly well deserved
Well done Fionnula. Your cross country stamina came in greatly in the end. Brilliant