Beijing Olympian Joanne Cuddihy has raced into Friday’s semi-final of the 200m at the World University Games in Belgrade.
The UCD student finished 21st fastest overall running 24.54 seconds at the Red Star Belgrade stadium in the Serbian capital.
Joanna Patterson narrowly missed out in making it an Irish double-act in the semi-finals missing out by 0.26 seconds and finishing with an overall 24th place.
Brona Furlong was up against it in the final of the women’s 400m hurdles but ran a strong race finishing in seventh in a time of 58.40 seconds.
This leaves the DCU student still chasing the 57.80 seconds she needs to qualify for the European Championships which is just 0.07 seconds off her personal best.
Tom Carey was also in action in the men’s 400m hurdles where he finished 10th overall in the semi-final in a time of 52.08 seconds.
