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Ireland Finish 5th in Europe

Photo: Chris O'Neill in 2011 European and World 100km Championships

The Irish men's team finished 5th in the European 100km Championships and 7th in the World 100km Championships on 10 September 2011.

The team scorers were Daniel Doherty, Chris O'Neill and John Byrne. Unseasonably hot conditions did not suit some of the team members: John Byrne finsihed over an hour outside his PB and fellow sub 7:30hr athletes Martin Rea and Keith Whyte failed to finish on this occasion. It was unfortunate as the team were just over half an hour outside a bronze medal.

The USA won the World 100km team title with Japan in second position and France third.

Ireland took 7th place in the world championships, which was identical to Ireland's placing at the Trail World Championships on 9 July in Connemara.

EUROPEAN 100 KM TEAM RESULTS (TOP 6 TEAMS)

Rank	1	FRA Nat.Fed.	21:36:19
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	64	Bordet, Dominique	07:04:37
	2	65	Boch, Michael	07:08:55
	3	67	Jeanne, Mickael	07:22:47
Rank	2	RUS Nat.Fed.	21:57:55
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	140	Izmaylov, Alexey	07:12:21
	2	144	Spiridonov, Vasily	07:19:20
	3	141	Khudyakov, Vsevolod	07:26:14
Rank	3	GER Nat.Fed.	22:31:59
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	75	Collet, André	07:04:35
	2	76	Sommer, Michael	07:38:59
	3	77	Zimmermann, Achim	07:48:25
Rank	4	BEL Nat.Fed.	22:44:05
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	19	Vermeesch, Pieter	06:47:01
	2	21	Casier, Gino	07:54:42
	3	20	Hoeck van, Yves	08:02:22
Rank	5	IRL Nat.Fed.	23:03:17
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	85	Doherty, Daniel	07:08:07
	2	86	O'Neill, Chris	07:33:24
	3	84	Byrne, John	08:21:46
Rank	6	FIN Nat.Fed.	23:18:52
		RaceNr	Name	Time
	1	58	Klasila, Janne	07:35:47
	2	57	Hyppölä, Tero	07:48:17
	3	56	Halme, Tomi	07:54:48