ANDREW COSCORAN HAS won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the European Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n
In a crowded field, the 30-year-old emerged on the home straight to cross the line in third behind\u00a0Stefan Nillessen of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
\n“What a bronze medal for Andrew Coscoran!”<\/p>\n
The Irish runner came from behind in the last 200m of the 1500m final to secure Ireland’s fourth medal of the week at the European Championships. <\/p>\n
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He was pinned to the rail coming round the final bend, but stormed home to cross the line in 3:36.24 for his major championship breakthrough.<\/p>\n
In a race of shocks, Nillessen won in 3:35.70 ahead of Sweden\u2019s Samuel Pihlstrom in second, who was just eight hundreds ahead of Coscoran.<\/p>\n
The Dubliner edged out the British trio of Jake Heyward, Arlo Ludewick, and Jake Wightman who finished fourth, fifth, and sixth.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the hard work eventually pays off,\u201d said a beaming Coscoran. \u201cIt all just clicked on the day.<\/p>\n
\n“Hard work eventually pays off!”<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working so hard for this for so long.”<\/p>\n
A delighted Andrew Coscoran revels in his bronze medal win in the 1500m final with David Gillick.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt opened up on the inside and I just made a split-second decision to go. It just opens up sometimes. It\u2019s a risk. Sometimes it doesn\u2019t, but this time it did, and now I\u2019m sitting here with a bronze medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. It\u2019s class. It\u2019s so good.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the absence of three-time champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who chose to compete solely in the 5,000m, which he won for a fourth straight time, the race was there for the taking.<\/p>\n
Wightman and Portugal\u2019s reigning world champion Isaac Nader were considered favourites, but the latter was last across the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coscoran\u2019s triumph followed Kate O\u2019Connor\u2019s earlier heptathlon gold<\/a> and Thursday\u2019s medals from Mark English (800m gold) and Rhasidat Adeleke (200m silver).<\/p>\n
Earlier, Jack O\u2019Leary finished 10th in the 10,000m, crossing the line in 28:24.89.<\/p>\n
The race was dominated by Swede Andreas Almgren, who lapped most of the field to romp home in a championship record of 27:23.44.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 4x100m relay didn\u2019t go to plan for the Irish team as they mistimed their first baton handover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nDisappointment for Ireland in the men’s 4x100m final as they come seventh – following Italy’s disqualification – with a time of 40.26.<\/p>\n
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The team of Bori Akinola, Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawlor, and Israel Olatunde were credited with a seventh-placed finish due to Italy\u2019s disqualification.<\/p>\n
Ireland\u2019s time of 40.26 seconds was outside their 39.13 in the morning\u2019s heats. Britain won in 38.45 ahead of Germany and Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s 4x100m relay team of Lucy-May Sleeman, Ciara Neville, Sarah Leahy, and Lauren Roy also finished seventh in 44.18 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nIt wasn’t to be for the Irish women in the 4x100m relay as they came in seventh place in a time of 44.18.<\/p>\n
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Britain claimed a gold-medal double in 42.05 ahead of Switzerland and Poland, while Portugal did not finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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