Irish 50km walkers fail to finish
Friday, 21 August 2009 16:40Ireland's 50km race walkers Jamie Costin and Colin Griffin were unable to finish the final at the World Championships this morning.
In gruelling conditions in Berlin, both Irish walkers were in the middle of the pack and walking steadily with Griffin and Costin in 22nd and 26th respectively through the half way point.
However, after the 30km mark the heat began to take its toll on both to the extent that they dropped out of the race along with a third of the field that had started early this morning.
The race was won by Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin in a time of 3:38.35.
All Irish eyes will now focus on Dundrum South Dublin's David Gillick, who runs in the final of the 400m tonight at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Gillick will be hoping to cap a memorable week for Irish athletics when he begins his race at 8.20pm Irish time.
