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Sarah Healy breaks Sonia O'Sullivan's 31-year-old U23 1500m record

Healy was on form in Ostrava
Healy was on form in Ostrava

Sarah Healy broke the Under-23 National 1500m record after an incredible performance at World Athletics Continental Tour gold meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Tuesday night.

Healy clocked to 4:02.86 when finishing sixth to shave three seconds of the previous record set by Sonia O'Sullivan back in 1991.

The 21-year-old Olympian now moves to fourth on the Irish all-time list behind O'Sullivan, Ciara Mageean and Geraldine Hendricken.

Healy has three Under-23 distance records under her belt this year. In a highly impressive indoor season, she also set new 1500m (4:06.94) and 3,000m (8:53.67) records.

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