Reece Ademola (Leevale A.C.) has extended his own Irish U23 Indoor Long Jump record yesterday in the Czech Republic.
Competing at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, the 20-year-old from Cork finished third with a massive opening round leap of 7.93m.
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) January 30, 2024
ADEMOLA EXTENDS NATIONAL U23 INDOOR LONG JUMP RECORD IN OSTRAVA
Reece Ademola (@LeevaleAC) has extended his own Irish U23 Indoor Long Jump record this evening in the Czech Republic
Competing at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, the 20-year-old from Cork… pic.twitter.com/lmJJa0qxcv
The performance adds 7cm to his previous record, which he set only a week ago at the Aarhus Sprint’n’Jump meeting in Denmark.
World and Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the competition with a best jump of 8.09m.
Reece Ademola closes in on 8m mark
Ademola, who is a student at Munster Technological University, currently sits third on the Irish senior indoor All-Time list behind only Adam McMullen (7.99m PB) and Ciaran McDonagh (8.00m NR).
Earlier this month at the 123.ie National U20 and U23 Indoor Championships in TUS International Arena, Athlone, he won gold in the U23 Long Jump with a 7.17m championship record.
Sarah Lavin (Emerald A.C.) was also in action at the meet in the Women’s 60m Hurdles. The Limerick athlete finished third in 7.93 seconds, just 0.02 outside her personal best set last weekend in Kazakhstan.
Sarah Lavin finishes second in her 60m Hurdles SF at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic clocking 7.95 seconds
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) January 30, 2024
She returns to the track for the final at 5:30pm#IrishAthleticspic.twitter.com/t8DN13SQrd
Lavin is back in action next Tuesday at the Copernicus Cup in Torun as part of the World Indoor Tour Gold series, while Ademola competes in the National League final on Sunday in Athlone.
