DEIRDRE RYAN IS out of the Olympics after she was failed to qualify for the women’s high jump final.
The 30-year-old was listed in Group A of the heats this morning and knew that 1.96m would earn automatic progression to Saturday’s event.
Clearing 1.80m in her first jump, the Dubliner then made 1.85m on her second attempt at it but couldn’t successfully get over 1.90m after three tries.
Ryan, who holds the Irish record at 1.95m, told The Score: “I had two good attempts at 1.90 – the first and the third – but my second attempt I was too far away and had to move the mark forward.
“I was struggling technically. The legs felt good today but the rhythm was off and so was the timing. On the third attempt, I parallel planted and travelled across the bar too much.
“On the first, I just clipped it with my heels.
“I had hoped to come into the championships but I’ve struggled with my technical issues all season.
Unfortunately it wasn’t to be despite all the support from home and the fantastic crowd out there. I’m just sorry I couldn’t respond with a big jump.”
Ryan, who moved to Germany five years ago, added that she intends to continue jumping but that she would like to move home to Ireland.
What has gone wrong with Athletes in Ireland. It must be our worst ever Olympics. The Irish records for field events like the shot put dates back to the 1980′s. Yes we can’t get thousands of women out jogging and mini marathons. There is no one moving into the sport. The men are no better. We have one last hope Robert Hefferen in the 50 k walk. Best of luck to him.
The banks. It’s the bankseses’ fault.
And Enda Kenny.
Any person who makes it to the Olympics is as a result of huge dedication sacrifice hard work so we should be very very proud of each and everyone of them. Well done you all especially our own
It’s one of our best Olympics!
Not in athletics it wasn’t. They were an embarrassment.
Thankfully our boxers’ successes overshadowed our embarrassing results in athletics.
Track and field in Ireland is just a disaster. One flop after another these games, very few PBs or SBs from our athletes compared to other nations where there athletes are peaking at the right time.
the boxers win because they are hungry…some of the other athletes come from privileged backgrounds