Kilkenny athlete Lynch hoping to make his 'mark in Copenhagen
Peter Lynch will be among eight Irish athletes who will take to the streets of Copenhagen this weekend for the second edition of the World Athletics Road Running Championships.
The Kilkenny City Harriers athlete, the current national marathon record holder, is part of a strong Irish team which will compete across the Mile, 5km and Half Marathon in the Danish capital.
Lynch arrives following a breakthrough performance at the London Marathon in April, where his 2:06:08 saw him finish inside the top 10 and rewrite the national record. He will line up alongside Hiko Tonosa (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in the Men’s Half Marathon on Sunday, where they will face some of the biggest names in global distance running, including multiple Olympic and world champion Joshua Cheptegei, Sweden’s European half marathon record holder Andreas Almgren, Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir and world half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo among the entries.
The championships will bring together 496 athletes representing 85 federations, with six individual world titles on offer.
Saturday’s programme will see the Mile and 5km titles decided before attention turns to the Half Marathon on Sunday morning.
The Men’s Half Marathon starts at 8.45am Irish time on Sunday (9.45am local).
The championships will form part of a huge weekend of running in Copenhagen, with elite and mass-participation races taking place across all three distances and up to 65,000 runners expected to participate.
SCHEDULE (IRISH TIME)
- Sat 19 Sep, 9.10am - Women’s Mile: Sarah Healy, Laura Nicholson
- Sat 19 Sep, 9.30am - Men’s Mile: Andrew Coscoran, Cathal Doyle
- Sat 19 Sep, 1.40pm - Men’s 5km: Brian Fay, Darragh McElhinney
- Sun 20 Sep, 8.45am - Men's Half Marathon: Peter Lynch, Hiko Tonosa