Louise Shanahan

It was another magnificent morning for the Irish at the European Championships in Munich as Louise Shanahan reached the 800m final while the women's 4x400m ...

It just slipped when Mark went to pass it to me and then Mark went to do it again, but by that point we were out of the game.” I ran the heat as if it was a final and I ran this as if it was bonus territory. “The goal is to get it into the hand and it didn’t get into the hand,” said Doyle. I handed to Phil and she got to the break first so mission accomplished.” “Not ideal, so I decided not to do the individual and I think that gamble paid off. “We’re in the final, we have that box ticked, tomorrow we need to do our job correctly and if we do that everything can happen,” said Healy, who put her disappointment in the individual 400m earlier this week firmly behind her with a swift 51.78-second split.

This morning's impressive semi-final effort means she will now be going again tomorrow night in the final of the European Championships 800m.

“I ran the heat as if it was a final and I ran this as if it was bonus territory, I was surprised by how much my legs had. I got a great hug off my dad then was told in no uncertain terms to go back before I got disqualified.” The reward is a lie-in tomorrow and an evening final. I’ll go into it and give it my all. “The plan was to race it like a final. The race was almost identical but I felt so much better. I was surprised there weren’t more athletes pouring around the outside.

Healy helped the Irish relay team into a final in Munich and was joined by Shanahan who delivered for Ireland in the 800m.

“I ran the heat as if it was a final and I ran this as if it was bonus territory, I was surprised by how much my legs had. "I wanted to shut off until 600 and then wake up. The race was almost identical but I felt so much better.

Greg Allen could barely contain himself. Alongside him, his co-commentator David Matthews could only laugh. What a moment that was. Leevale's Louise Shanahan ...

Or is she?" Rhasidat Adeleke, as we've by now come to expect, ran an outstanding leg while Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker all held up their end of the bargain. "I cannot emphasise enough how brave that was," added Allen.